Examining the relationship between proactive personality and career success

Author

Jeremy Owens, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Periodical Title

Modern Psychological Studies

Volume

13

Number

3

Page Numbers

pages 3-16

Department

Dept. of Psychology

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Date

2008

Abstract

With increasing levels of employee autonomy and responsibility in today's workforce, proactive behavior and the performance of discretionary, extra-role work behaviors are becoming vital to effective organizational functioning. This study examined how proactive personality relates to career success through extra-role behaviors including innovation, contextual performance, and organizational citizenship behavior by surveying 302 employees from a large manufacturing organization. Hierarchical regression and multiple mediation analyses showed that the relationship between proactive personality and career success is at least partially influenced by indirect effects via extra-role behaviors, even after controlling for demographic and personality variables (age, sex, and FFM traits).

Subject

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Document Type

article

DCMI Type

Text

Extent

14 leaves

Language

English

Call Number

BF1 .M63 v. 13 no. 3 2008

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Recommended Citation

Owens, Jeremy (2008) "Examining the relationship between proactive personality and career success," Modern Psychological Studies: Vol. 13: No. 3, Article 2.
Available at: https://scholar.utc.edu/mps/vol13/iss3/2