Journal article
ADAPTATION AND INTRAINDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN SALES OUTCOMES: EXPLORING THE INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF PERSONALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL OPPORTUNITY
Personnel psychology, Vol.59(2), pp.307-332
06/22/2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2006.00016.x
Abstract
Many practices in the field of industrial-organizational psychology assume that individual performance is stable across time; yet, little is actually known about the extent to which performance varies within individuals. We specifically address this issue by exploring the longitudinal influence of a situational opportunity (referrals received from the central office) on intraindividual performance outcomes of sales representatives. We also explore Conscientiousness and Openness to Experience as traits that explain variation in adaptation to changes in referrals. Our results show that more weekly variation in individual performance resides within individuals than between individuals. A majority of this variance is explained by the situational opportunity of referrals. Furthermore, the positive relationship between referrals and outcomes is stronger for sales representatives high on Conscientiousness, but weaker for representatives high on Openness to Experience. COPYRIGHT © 2006 BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, INC.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- ADAPTATION AND INTRAINDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN SALES OUTCOMES: EXPLORING THE INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF PERSONALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL OPPORTUNITY
- Creators
- GREG L. Stewart - University of IowaAMIT K. Nandkeolyar - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Personnel psychology, Vol.59(2), pp.307-332
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing Inc
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2006.00016.x
- ISSN
- 0031-5826
- eISSN
- 1744-6570
- Number of pages
- 26
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/22/2006
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984380491202771
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