Taking the chance: Core Self-Evaluations predict relative gain in job resources following turnover

Elfering, Achim; Keller, Anita; Berset, Martial; Meier, Laurenz L.; Grebner, Simone Irmgard; Kälin, Wolfgang; Monnerat, Françoise; Tschan, Franziska; Semmer, Norbert (2016). Taking the chance: Core Self-Evaluations predict relative gain in job resources following turnover. SpringerPlus, 5(1), p. 1702. Springer 10.1186/s40064-016-3365-0

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Core self-evaluations (CSE) might account for relative gains in job resources across time, especially in situations when these individual differences affect behavior that is relevant for development of job resources. This longitudinal study tests CSE as an individual resource that predicts relative gain in job resources and job satisfaction among job beginners who change or stay with their employer. A questionnaire was filled in by 513 adolescents shortly before the end of vocational training and one year later. Our results replicate previous findings suggesting that job satisfaction is affected by CSE directly and indirectly through the perception of job resources. Multi-group structural equation analysis showed that only leavers had a longitudinal indirect effect of CSE on job satisfaction at the end of vocational training via job resources during their first year of employment. Our findings imply that turnover includes opportunities to optimize one’s circumstances and that CSE helps to attain resourceful jobs.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Personality Psychology, Differential Psychology and Diagnostics
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Work and Organisational Psychology

UniBE Contributor:

Elfering, Achim, Keller, Anita (A), Meier, Laurenz, Grebner, Simone Irmgard, Kälin, Wolfgang, Tschan, Franziska, Semmer, Norbert Karl

Subjects:

100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 370 Education

ISSN:

2193-1801

Publisher:

Springer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Christin Schild

Date Deposited:

28 Jun 2017 10:59

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:35

Publisher DOI:

10.1186/s40064-016-3365-0

PubMed ID:

27757374

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.93705

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/93705

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