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Proactive personality and work performance in China: The moderating effects of emotional exhaustion and perceived safety climate
Author(s) -
Baba Vishwanath V.,
Tourigny Louise,
Wang Xiaoyun,
Liu Weimin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
canadian journal of administrative sciences / revue canadienne des sciences de l'administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.347
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1936-4490
pISSN - 0825-0383
DOI - 10.1002/cjas.90
Subject(s) - psychology , emotional exhaustion , personality , organizational citizenship behavior , social psychology , applied psychology , job performance , proactivity , work (physics) , burnout , job satisfaction , organizational commitment , clinical psychology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Grounded in the interactionist paradigm, this study shows that emotional exhaustion and perceived safety climate constitute important moderators of the relationship between proactive personality and work performance. More specifically, the study analyzes the relationship between proactive personality and its behavioural outcomes—organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB) and job performance—and investigates the interactive effects of emotional exhaustion and perceived safety climate. The study involves 485 Chinese airline employees including pilots, flight attendants, engineers, and service employees. Proactive personality positively predicted OCB and individual performance. Emotional exhaustion and perceived safety climate moderated the relationship between proactive personality and individual performance both independently and jointly. Implications of the findings for future research are discussed. Copyright © 2009 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.