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    Building and Sustaining Proactive Behaviors: The Role of Adaptivity and Job Satisfaction

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    Authors
    Strauss, K.
    Griffin, Mark
    Parker, Sharon
    Mason, C.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Strauss, K. and Griffin, M. and Parker, S. and Mason, C. 2015. Building and Sustaining Proactive Behaviors: The Role of Adaptivity and Job Satisfaction. Journal of Business and Psychology. 30 (1): pp. 63-72.
    Source Title
    Journal of Business and Psychology
    DOI
    10.1007/s10869-013-9334-5
    ISSN
    0889-3268
    School
    Future of Work Institute
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69296
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2013, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Purpose: The purpose was to investigate how job satisfaction and adaptivity influence proactivity over time. Proactivity describes employees’ efforts to initiate positive change in the organization and can be differentiated from adaptivity: the positive behavioral response to ongoing change. We investigated how adaptivity supports subsequent proactivity and how job satisfaction can be a motivational resource for maintaining high levels of proactivity over time. Design/Methodology/Approach: We surveyed 75 employees on two occasions separated by a period of 2 years. Findings: Our findings provide initial support for the role of adaptivity in facilitating proactivity over time. Highly satisfied employees maintained their level of proactivity, whether high or low, over the 2-year period. Employees low in job satisfaction who showed high levels of proactive behavior at Time 1 did not report high levels of proactive behavior at Time 2. Implications: In uncertain environments, organizations rely on their employees to support and promote change and innovation. Our results suggest that high adaptivity can build proactivity, while high satisfaction can sustain proactivity. Originality/Value: Distinguishing adaptivity from proactivity provides a better understanding of the nature of proactivity in organizations. Inconsistent results concerning the link between satisfaction and proactivity are addressed.

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