Journal article
Motivational Mechanisms of Self-Concordance Theory: Goal-Specific Efficacy and Person–Organization Fit
Journal of business and psychology, Vol.32(2), pp.197-215
04/2017
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-016-9444-y
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to elaborate on two mechanisms of self-concordance theory (SCT; Sheldon and Elliot in Pers Soc Psychol 24(5):546, 1998)—goal-specific efficacy and perceived person–organization (PO) fit—as mediators of the relationships between autonomous and controlled goal motives and goal accomplishment and job satisfaction.Data were from two independently collected samples of administrative employees (N1 = 37, N2 = 102) and their significant others across two points in time.Results indicated that autonomous motives were positively related to goal-specific efficacy and perceived PO fit (Time 1), and showed indirect effects on goal accomplishment and other-rated job satisfaction (Time 2). Controlled motives were negatively related to the same intermediaries and outcomes.Goal motives implicate goal-specific outcomes, and individuals’ overall composition of goal motives—across their goals—shape their goal efficacy and PO fit perceptions. These mechanisms relate to distal outcomes of goal accomplishment and job satisfaction. The research offers theoretical implications for the proximal outcomes of goal motives, but also practical implications for ways in which organizations can improve incumbent PO fit perceptions.Although research has shown that having self-concordant goals is positively associated with individual outcomes, existing research has yet to understand why this is the case. In addition, most studies of SCT apply difference scores to study the construct at the individual-level rather than specifying motives separately and considering a multilevel perspective. Our research offers a novel investigation of the proximal outcomes of SCT and the levels at which they operate.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Motivational Mechanisms of Self-Concordance Theory: Goal-Specific Efficacy and Person–Organization Fit
- Creators
- Patrick Downes - School of Management and Labor Relations Rutgers University 94 Rockefeller Road Piscataway NJ 08854 USAAmy Kristof-Brown - University of Iowa 108 John Pappajohn Business Building Iowa City IA 52242 USATimothy Judge - University of Notre Dame 360 Mendoza College of Business Notre Dame IN 46556 USATodd Darnold - Creighton University 620 N. 20th St. Omaha NE 68102 USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of business and psychology, Vol.32(2), pp.197-215
- Publisher
- Springer US
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10869-016-9444-y
- ISSN
- 0889-3268
- eISSN
- 1573-353X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2017
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship ; Bus Admin College
- Record Identifier
- 9984083249202771
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