open access

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/88865

Promoting employee's self-change skills : The role of job characteristics, goal clarity and learning goals

英語

2021-03

John Wiley & Sons

International Journal of Training and Development

25(1)

60-76

Personal growth initiative (PGI), i.e., self-change skills, is necessary for employees to adapt to changing environments, but research examining the antecedents of PGI in an organizational context is limited. The present research investigated the antecedents of PGI in the workplace. Using a two-wave questionnaire survey, data were collected from 204 employees, including nurses, medical technicians and administrative staff, at six healthcare organizations in Japan. The results of hierarchical regression analyses showed that goal clarity and learning goal orientation were positively related to PGI, whereas autonomy, skill variety and job complexity were not significantly related to PGI. The results also showed that goal clarity positively moderated the effect of skill variety on PGI, yet, negatively moderated the effect of job complexity on PGI. This study contributes to the existing literature by demonstrating how personal and situational factors influence employees' self-change skills in the workplace.

学術雑誌論文

Accepted Manuscript

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Matsuo, M. (2021), Promoting employee’s self-change skills: The role of job characteristics, goal clarity and learning goals. Int. J. Train. Dev., 25: 60-76, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/ijtd.12207. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited.

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