A multilevel integration of personality, climate, self-regulation, and performance

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Abstract

The purpose of this multilevel study was to test whether regulatory focus mechanisms (promotion focus and prevention focus; Higgins, 1997, American Psychologist, 52, 1280-1300; Higgins, 2000, American Psychologist, 55, 1217-1230) can help explain how group safety climate and individual differences in Conscientiousness relate to individual productivity and safety performance. Results, based on a sample of 254 employees from 50 work groups, showed that safety climate and conscientiousness predicted promotion and prevention regulatory focus, which in turn mediated the relationships of safety climate and Conscientiousness with supervisor ratings of productivity and safety performance. Implications for theory and research on climate, motivation, and performance and avenues for future research are discussed. COPYRIGHT

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)529-557
Number of pages29
JournalPersonnel Psychology
Volume59
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2006
Externally publishedYes

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