TY - CHAP

T1 - Proactivity and Adaptability

AU - Zhu, Jinlong

AU - Frese, Michael

AU - Li, Wen Dong

PY - 2014/5/20

Y1 - 2014/5/20

N2 - Many organizational researchers have argued that proactivity and adaptability are important for performing effectively in the workplace (e.g., Griffi n, Neal, and Parker, 2007). However, there is no consensus on the meanings of these two terms and how they relate to each other. Some researchers assume that proactivity and adaptability are opposites constructs, for example by viewing proactive behavior in explicit contrast to reactive behavior and construing adaptive behavior as the latter (e.g., Frese and Fay, 2001). Other researchers, on the other hand, see proactivity and adaptability as being independent constructs (cf. Griffi n et al., 2007) or as positively interrelated constructs (e.g., Berg, Wrzesniewski, and Dutton, 2010).

AB - Many organizational researchers have argued that proactivity and adaptability are important for performing effectively in the workplace (e.g., Griffi n, Neal, and Parker, 2007). However, there is no consensus on the meanings of these two terms and how they relate to each other. Some researchers assume that proactivity and adaptability are opposites constructs, for example by viewing proactive behavior in explicit contrast to reactive behavior and construing adaptive behavior as the latter (e.g., Frese and Fay, 2001). Other researchers, on the other hand, see proactivity and adaptability as being independent constructs (cf. Griffi n et al., 2007) or as positively interrelated constructs (e.g., Berg, Wrzesniewski, and Dutton, 2010).

KW - Business psychology

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84954576908&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.4324/9780203465721-13

DO - 10.4324/9780203465721-13

M3 - Chapter

SN - 0-415-83290-X

SN - 978-0-415-83290-8

SN - 978-0-415-83291-5

SP - 36

EP - 51

BT - Individual adaptability to changes at work

A2 - Chan, D.

PB - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group

CY - New York

ER -