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PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND JOB INVOLVEMENT AS ANTECEDENTS OF BOUNDARY SPANNING BEHAVIOUR: A PATH ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
Dailey Robert C.,
Morgan Cyril P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1978.tb00928.x
Subject(s) - locus of control , locus (genetics) , boundary spanning , psychology , path analysis (statistics) , social psychology , mathematics , computer science , knowledge management , statistics , biology , genetics , gene
T he relationships between age, aspects of tenure, locus of control, job involvement, and boundary spanning behaviour (B.S.B.) were examined using path analysis for 281 scientists and engineers. It was found that locus of control and age were significant determinants of job involvement. It was also shown that locus of control and job involvement were significant determinants of B.S.B. These findings are discussed relative to previous research on locus of control, job involvement, and B.S.B. Finally, new research designs are advocated which incorporate task characteristics, role dynamics constructs, and environmental uncertainty as determinants of B.S.B.