Relationship of core self-evaluations to goal setting, motivation, and performance

被引:385
作者
Erez, A [1 ]
Judge, TA
机构
[1] Univ Florida, Warrington Coll Business Adm, Dept Management, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
[2] Univ Iowa, Tippie Coll Business, Dept Management & Org, Iowa City, IA USA
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D O I
10.1037//0021-9010.86.6.1270
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
A newly developed personality taxonomy suggests that self-esteem, locus of control, generalized elf-efficacy, and neuroticism form a broad personality trait termed core self-evaluations, The authors hypothesized that this broad trait is related to motivation and performance. To test this hypothesis, 3 studies were conducted. Study I showed that the 4 dispositions loaded on I higher order factor. Study 2 demonstrated that the higher order trait was related to task motivation and performance in a laboratory,setting. Study 3 showed that the core trait was related to task activity, productivity as measured by sales volume, and the rated performance of insurance agents. Results also revealed that the core self-evaluations trait was related to goal-setting behavior. In addition, when the 4 core traits were investigated as 1 nomological network, they proved to be more consistent predictors of job behaviors than when used in isolation.
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页码:1270 / 1279
页数:10
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