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Proactive Vitality Management, Work Engagement, and Creativity: The Role of Goal Orientation
Author(s) -
Bakker Arnold B.,
Petrou Paraskevas,
Op den Kamp Emma M.,
Tims Maria
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
applied psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1464-0597
pISSN - 0269-994X
DOI - 10.1111/apps.12173
Subject(s) - proactivity , vitality , creativity , psychology , work engagement , work (physics) , goal orientation , applied psychology , process (computing) , social psychology , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , theology , operating system
This study tested the hypothesis that individuals can proactively manage their own energetic, affective, and cognitive resources in order to be creative at work. Building on proactivity and creativity literatures, we propose a theoretical model in which employees who proactively manage their vitality are more engaged in their work and show improved creative performance. We also tested the boundary conditions of this process. Participants were Dutch employees from various occupations who filled out a background questionnaire and five weekly surveys. The results of multilevel modelling analyses offered support for our model. Weekly proactive vitality management was positively related to changes in weekly creativity through changes in weekly work engagement. As predicted, learning goal orientation strengthened and performance goal orientation weakened the links between proactive vitality management and engagement, and between engagement and creativity. We discuss the theoretical contributions, and indicate how these findings can be used in daily working life.