Challenging tasks: The role of employees' and supervisors' goal orientations

被引：33
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作者：
Preenen, Paul [1 ]
van Vianen, Annelies [1 ]
de Pater, Irene [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Amsterdam, Dept Work & Org Psychol, NL-1018 XA Amsterdam, Netherlands
来源：
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WORK AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2014年 / 23卷 / 01期
关键词：
Challenging tasks; Job challenge; Goal orientation; Task allocation; LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE; ACHIEVEMENT GOALS; GENDER-DIFFERENCES; ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT; LEARNING ORIENTATION; HIERARCHICAL MODEL; JOB-SATISFACTION; SELF-EFFICACY; ROLE BREADTH; PERFORMANCE;
D O I：
10.1080/1359432X.2012.702420
中图分类号：
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号：
040203 ;
摘要：
Research shows that challenging jobs stimulate employee learning and retention. Nevertheless, empirical knowledge on what influences the amount of challenging tasks employees perform in their job is lacking. In this study, we examined the extent to which the performance of challenging tasks is related to employees' and supervisors' goal orientations. We found a positive relationship between employees' mastery-approach orientation and the performance of challenging tasks. Furthermore, if supervisors had authority over the tasks of their employees, supervisors' goal orientations were related to employees' task challenge. Performing challenging tasks was negatively related to supervisors' performance-approach orientation and positively related to supervisors' performance-avoidance orientation.
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页码：48 / 61
页数：14
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