The concept of personal initiative: Operationalization, reliability and validity in two German samples
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in: Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Jahrgang 70, Nr. 2, 01.06.1997, S. 139-161.
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T1 - The concept of personal initiative
T2 - Operationalization, reliability and validity in two German samples
AU - Frese, Michael
AU - Fay, Doris
AU - Hilburger, Tanja
AU - Leng, Karena
AU - Tag, Almut
N1 - Funding Information: We would like to gratefully acknowledge the Duke Division of Laboratory Animal Resources staff and the expert assistance of Dr. Kyha Williams and Dr. Felicita Smith for animal care. We also would like to acknowledge the Substrate Services Core Research Support for a weekly viral monitoring and histology support by Dr. Mingqing Song.
PY - 1997/6/1
Y1 - 1997/6/1
N2 - Personal initiative is conceptualized as a behavioural syndrome made up of several factors. It is important for organizational effectiveness and is one aspect of 'contextual performance'. The construct validity of a set of interview-and questionnaire-based scales for measuring initiative was ascertained in interrelated studies (two waves from a longitudinal study in East Germany [N = 543] and a cross-sectional study in West Germany [N = 160]). As hypothesized, initiative correlated with partners' assessments, need for achievement, action orientation, problem-focused and passive emotion-focused coping, career planning and executing plans, but not with job satisfaction. Higher initiative existed in small-scale entrepreneurs in the East and in those unemployed who got a job more quickly.
AB - Personal initiative is conceptualized as a behavioural syndrome made up of several factors. It is important for organizational effectiveness and is one aspect of 'contextual performance'. The construct validity of a set of interview-and questionnaire-based scales for measuring initiative was ascertained in interrelated studies (two waves from a longitudinal study in East Germany [N = 543] and a cross-sectional study in West Germany [N = 160]). As hypothesized, initiative correlated with partners' assessments, need for achievement, action orientation, problem-focused and passive emotion-focused coping, career planning and executing plans, but not with job satisfaction. Higher initiative existed in small-scale entrepreneurs in the East and in those unemployed who got a job more quickly.
KW - Business psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031507891&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1997.tb00639.x
DO - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1997.tb00639.x
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:0031507891
VL - 70
SP - 139
EP - 161
JO - Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
JF - Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology
SN - 0963-1798
IS - 2
ER -