Focus on opportunities as a mediator of the relationships between age, job complexity, and work performance
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In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, Vol. 76, No. 3, 01.06.2010, p. 374-386.
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T1 - Focus on opportunities as a mediator of the relationships between age, job complexity, and work performance
AU - Zacher, Hannes
AU - Heusner, Sandra
AU - Schmitz, Michael
AU - Zwierzanska, Monika M.
AU - Frese, Michael
PY - 2010/6/1
Y1 - 2010/6/1
N2 - Focus on opportunities is a cognitive-motivational facet of occupational future time perspective that describes how many new goals, options, and possibilities individuals expect to have in their personal work-related futures. This study examined focus on opportunities as a mediator of the relationships between age and work performance and between job complexity and work performance. In addition, it was expected that job complexity buffers the negative relationship between age and focus on opportunities and weakens the negative indirect effect of age on work performance. Results of mediation, moderation, and moderated mediation analyses with data collected from 168 employees in 41 organizations (mean age = 40.22 years, SD = 10.43, range = 19-64 years) as well as 168 peers providing work performance ratings supported the assumptions. The findings suggest that future studies on the role of age for work design and performance should take employees' focus on opportunities into account.
AB - Focus on opportunities is a cognitive-motivational facet of occupational future time perspective that describes how many new goals, options, and possibilities individuals expect to have in their personal work-related futures. This study examined focus on opportunities as a mediator of the relationships between age and work performance and between job complexity and work performance. In addition, it was expected that job complexity buffers the negative relationship between age and focus on opportunities and weakens the negative indirect effect of age on work performance. Results of mediation, moderation, and moderated mediation analyses with data collected from 168 employees in 41 organizations (mean age = 40.22 years, SD = 10.43, range = 19-64 years) as well as 168 peers providing work performance ratings supported the assumptions. The findings suggest that future studies on the role of age for work design and performance should take employees' focus on opportunities into account.
KW - Business psychology
KW - Age
KW - Focus on opportunities
KW - Job complexity
KW - Moderated mediation
KW - Work performance
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77951023910&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.09.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jvb.2009.09.001
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 76
SP - 374
EP - 386
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
SN - 0001-8791
IS - 3
ER -