The effects of work engagement and self-efficacy on personal initiative and performance
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In: Psicothema, Vol. 30, No. 1, 02.2018, p. 89-96.
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T1 - The effects of work engagement and self-efficacy on personal initiative and performance
AU - Lisbona, Ana
AU - Palaci, Francisco
AU - Salanova, Marisa
AU - Frese, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 Psicothema.
PY - 2018/2
Y1 - 2018/2
N2 - Background: Two popular concepts, work engagement and personal initiative, are different but related constructs. This study is based on and extends the Frese and Fay (2001) model of personal initiative (PI) by including work engagement (WE) and self-efficacy as antecedents of PI, and performance as a consequence. Method: Two studies (study 1, with a cross-sectional design using N = 396 participants from 22 organizations, and study 2, with a longitudinal design conducted in two waves with N = 118 participants from 15 organizations) test the hypotheses. Results: Structural equation modeling and the PROCESS SPSS Macro were used to test the hypothesized mediating role of personal initiative in work engagement and performance, and the results show the indirect effect of WE on performance through PI. Conclusions: The results of these two studies confirmed our hypotheses: WE and self-efficacy lead to higher PI, which, in turn, leads to higher performance. In addition to considering WE as an antecedent of PI, the results lead to considering PI as an antecedent of performance.
AB - Background: Two popular concepts, work engagement and personal initiative, are different but related constructs. This study is based on and extends the Frese and Fay (2001) model of personal initiative (PI) by including work engagement (WE) and self-efficacy as antecedents of PI, and performance as a consequence. Method: Two studies (study 1, with a cross-sectional design using N = 396 participants from 22 organizations, and study 2, with a longitudinal design conducted in two waves with N = 118 participants from 15 organizations) test the hypotheses. Results: Structural equation modeling and the PROCESS SPSS Macro were used to test the hypothesized mediating role of personal initiative in work engagement and performance, and the results show the indirect effect of WE on performance through PI. Conclusions: The results of these two studies confirmed our hypotheses: WE and self-efficacy lead to higher PI, which, in turn, leads to higher performance. In addition to considering WE as an antecedent of PI, the results lead to considering PI as an antecedent of performance.
KW - Psychology
KW - personal initiative
KW - self-efficacy
KW - work engagement
KW - performance
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U2 - 10.7334/psicothema2016.245
DO - 10.7334/psicothema2016.245
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 29363476
VL - 30
SP - 89
EP - 96
JO - Psicothema
JF - Psicothema
SN - 0214-9915
IS - 1
ER -