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The effects of personality, affectivity, and work commitment on motivation to improve work through learning
Author(s) -
Naquin Sharon S.,
Holton Elwood F.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
human resource development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.756
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1532-1096
pISSN - 1044-8004
DOI - 10.1002/hrdq.1038
Subject(s) - psychology , negative affectivity , extraversion and introversion , positive affectivity , work motivation , social psychology , personality , organizational commitment , structural equation modeling , variance (accounting) , work (physics) , big five personality traits , continuance , mechanical engineering , statistics , mathematics , accounting , engineering , business
This study examined the degree to which the dimensions from the Five‐Factor Model of personality,affectivity, and work commitment (including work ethic, job involvement, affective commitment, andcontinuance commitment) influenced motivation to improve work through learning. Data were obtained from anonrandom sample of 239 private‐sector employees who were participants of in‐house trainingprograms. The hypothesized causal relationships were tested using structural equation modeling. Findingsindicated that these dispositional effects were significant antecedents of motivation to improve work throughlearning. Specifically, 57 percent of the variance in motivation to improve work through learning was explainedby positive affectivity, work commitment, and extraversion.