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Secure attachment: implications for hope, trust, burnout, and performance
Author(s) -
Simmons Bret L.,
Gooty Janaki,
Nelson Debra L.,
Little Laura M.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.585
Subject(s) - supervisor , attachment theory , psychology , burnout , social psychology , constructive , interpersonal communication , task (project management) , interpersonal relationship , management , clinical psychology , process (computing) , computer science , economics , operating system
Secure attachment is a healthy attachment style that enables individuals to work autonomously as well as with others when appropriate. Secure attachments are characterized by internal regulatory mechanisms that allow individuals to be flexible and constructive in their interpersonal relationships Our model incorporates hope, trust in one's supervisor, and burnout as explanatory variables that translate the benefits of secure attachment into better supervisor‐rated task performance. Among 161 employees of an assisted living center and their supervisors, secure attachment had a significant, positive relationship with hope, trust, and burnout, but only trust had a significant, positive relationship with supervisor‐rated performance. These results indicate that secure attachment should be considered a positive psychological strength that has important implications for working adults. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.