To branch out or stay focused? Affective shifts differentially predict organizational citizenship behavior and task performance.

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• Personal Author:
  Simon LS ; Wang L ; Yang L-Q ; Zheng X
• Description:
  We draw from personality systems interaction (PSI) theory (Kuhl, 2000) and regulatory focus theory (Higgins, 1997) to examine how dynamic positive and negative affective processes interact to predict both task and contextual performance. Using a twice-daily diary design over the course of a 3-week period, results from multilevel regression analysis revealed that distinct patterns of change in positive and negative affect optimally predicted contextual and task performance among a sample of 71 employees at a medium-sized technology company. Specifically, within persons, increases (upshifts) in positive affect over the course of a workday better predicted the subsequent day's organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) when such increases were coupled with decreases (downshifts) in negative affect. The optimal pattern of change in positive and negative affect differed, however, in predicting task performance. That is, upshifts in positive affect over the course of the workday better predicted the subsequent day's task performance when such upshifts were accompanied by upshifts in negative affect. The contribution of our findings to PSI theory and the broader affective and motivation regulation literatures, along with practical implications, are discussed. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Men Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Positive Affect; Negative Affect; Affective Shift; Organizational Citizenship Behavior; Task Performance Workers; Work Environment; Behavior; Task Performance; Personality Traits; Regression Analysis; Employees; Humans; Men; Women; Psychology; Sociological Factors;
• ISSN:
  0021-9010
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Oregon ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  101
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065125
• Citation:
  J Appl Psychol 2016 Jun; 101(6):831-845
• Contact Point Address:
  Lei Wang or Xiaoming Zheng, Department of Leadership and Organization Management, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
• Email:
  wanglei@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2016
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Applied Psychology
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:06a0cc77806e3e712903e07b13262b4c18531681683380e2192f30fc7030c966c900c6d6c46e0adea89034ba4136be68295ce53d686bf139a3963426072b071d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249342/cdc_249342_DS1.pdf
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