The Search for Meaning in (New) Work: Task Significance and Newcomer Plasticity

Autor/inn/en	Sluss, David M.; Ashforth, Blake E.; Gibson, Kerry R.
Titel	The Search for Meaning in (New) Work: Task Significance and Newcomer Plasticity
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 81 (2012) 2, S.199-208 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2012.07.002
Schlagwörter	Business; Engineering; Entry Workers; Vocational Adjustment; Self Efficacy; Employee Attitudes; Job Satisfaction; Job Development; Theories + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Maschinenbau; Personalanpassung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Theory; Theorie
Abstract	Using temporally-lagged data from 146 business and engineering newcomers, we found evidence for a "positive side" of plasticity theory (Brockner, 1988, p. 547) in fostering newcomer adjustment. Specifically, as predicted, we found that higher newcomer generalized self-efficacy positively moderates the association between job design (i.e., task significance of the newcomer's job) and newcomer attitudes (in our study, organizational identification, job satisfaction, intentions to quit). Our findings promote plasticity theory as readily applicable to both newcomer adjustment and positive organizational scholarship. (Contains 3 figures and 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10