We (Sometimes) Know Not How We Feel: Predicting Job Performance with an Implicit Measure of Trait Affectivity

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• Personal Author:
  Cho E ; Johnson RE ; Rodopman OB ; Tolentino AL
• Description:
  In this study we examined relationships between trait affectivity and work performance. However, because trait affectivity is believed to operate primarily outside awareness, we assessed it using techniques designed to measure content at explicit and implicit levels. Although results were consistent across the explicit and implicit measures (i.e., positive affectivity was positively related to task performance and citizenship behavior, whereas negative affectivity was negatively related to task performance and positively related to counterproductive behavior), the implicit measure predicted greater proportions of variance in supervisor-rated criteria and did so incremental to the explicit measure. We discuss the implications of these results for theory and practice, and highlight the potential usefulness of implicit measures for applied research. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Workplace
• Keywords:
  Psychology Task Performance Work Environment Workers Work Performance
• ISSN:
  0031-5826
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  197-219
• Volume:
  63
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062371
• Citation:
  Pers Psychol 2010 Feb; 63(1):197-219
• Contact Point Address:
  Russell E. Johnson, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida, 4204 E. Fowler Ave., PCD 4139, Tampa, FL 33620-7200
• Email:
  rjohnson@cas.usf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Personnel Psychology
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:e7bf48490f455afe562c45b9c318a932a9266a5637e0818af9b0879311e59e864a360f1c902a02addc252e8f50d761039d60e92f38cf08bba8a2afd0b17731b7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225634/cdc_225634_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 120.57 KB ]