Proactive personality enhances change in employees’ job satisfaction: The moderating role of psychological safety

Che-Chun Kuo, Yun-Ci Ye, Mei-Yen Chen and Lung Hung Chen
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Che-Chun Kuo: Department of Physical Education, Tunghai University
Yun-Ci Ye: Department of Somatic and Sports Leisure Industry, National Taitung University
Mei-Yen Chen: Graduate Institute of Sport, Leisure & Hospitality Management, National Taiwan Normal University
Lung Hung Chen: Department of Recreation and Leisure Industry Management, National Taiwan Sport University

Australian Journal of Management, 2019, vol. 44, issue 3, 482-494

Abstract: Research has suggested that employees who possess a proactive personality have greater job satisfaction. However, contextual factors that may serve as boundary conditions have received insufficient attention in the research. Accordingly, this study proposed psychological safety as a moderator in the positive relationship between proactive personality and job satisfaction. We recruited 207 employees to complete a two-wave panel survey that was conducted over 3 months. When job satisfaction was controlled for at Time 1, this study found that having a proactive personality was positively associated with changes in job satisfaction over time. Furthermore, the relationship between proactive personality and changes in job satisfaction was strengthened when psychological safety was low. The implications and applications are discussed. JEL classification: I31, J28, L83, L84

Keywords: Interactionism; personality; proactivity; psychological safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0312896218818225

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