Making things happen: reciprocal relationships between work characteristics and personal initiative in a four-wave longitudinal structural equation model
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In: The Journal of applied psychology, Vol. 92, No. 4, 01.07.2007, p. 1084-1102.
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T1 - Making things happen
T2 - reciprocal relationships between work characteristics and personal initiative in a four-wave longitudinal structural equation model
AU - Frese, Michael
AU - Garst, Harry
AU - Fay, Doris
PY - 2007/7/1
Y1 - 2007/7/1
N2 - The authors used the frameworks of reciprocal determinism and occupational socialization to study the effects of work characteristics (consisting of control and complexity of work) on personal initiative (PI)--mediated by control orientation (a 2nd-order factor consisting of control aspiration, perceived opportunity for control, and self-efficacy) and the reciprocal effects of PI on changes in work characteristics. They applied structural equation modeling to a longitudinal study with 4 measurement waves (N = 268) in a transitional economy: East Germany. Results confirm the model plus 1 additional, nonhypothesized effect. Work characteristics had a synchronous effect on PI via control orientation (full mediation). There were also effects of control orientation and of PI on later changes in work characteristics: As predicted, PI functioned as partial mediator, changing work characteristics in the long term (reciprocal effect); unexpectedly, there was a 2nd reciprocal effect of an additional lagged partial mediation of control orientation on later work characteristics.
AB - The authors used the frameworks of reciprocal determinism and occupational socialization to study the effects of work characteristics (consisting of control and complexity of work) on personal initiative (PI)--mediated by control orientation (a 2nd-order factor consisting of control aspiration, perceived opportunity for control, and self-efficacy) and the reciprocal effects of PI on changes in work characteristics. They applied structural equation modeling to a longitudinal study with 4 measurement waves (N = 268) in a transitional economy: East Germany. Results confirm the model plus 1 additional, nonhypothesized effect. Work characteristics had a synchronous effect on PI via control orientation (full mediation). There were also effects of control orientation and of PI on later changes in work characteristics: As predicted, PI functioned as partial mediator, changing work characteristics in the long term (reciprocal effect); unexpectedly, there was a 2nd reciprocal effect of an additional lagged partial mediation of control orientation on later work characteristics.
KW - Attitude
KW - Follow-Up Studies
KW - Humans
KW - Job Satisfaction
KW - Motivation
KW - Questionnaires
KW - Time Factors
KW - Time Perception
KW - Workplace
KW - Business psychology
KW - work characteristics
KW - personal initiative
KW - transition economy
KW - self-efficacy
KW - Entrepreneurship
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U2 - 10.1037/0021-9010.92.4.1084
DO - 10.1037/0021-9010.92.4.1084
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 17638467
VL - 92
SP - 1084
EP - 1102
JO - The Journal of applied psychology
JF - The Journal of applied psychology
SN - 0021-9010
IS - 4
ER -