Affect and favorable work outcomes: two longitudinal tests of the happy–productive worker thesis
✍ Scribed by Thomas A. Wright; Barry M. Staw
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0894-3796
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✦ Synopsis
This research examined relationships between alternative measures of aect and supervisory performance ratings. The ®rst study showed that dispositional rather than state aect signi®cantly predicted supervisory ratings of performance over time. Since the measures of aect diered on both content and temporal dimensions, a follow-up study was conducted to explicate the results. The second study found that a pleasantnessbased measure of dispositional aect (Berkman, 1971a) again predicted rated performance over time, but activation-based measures of both dispositional and state aect (using PANAS scales) were not predictive of supervisory evaluations of performance. The implications of these ®ndings in terms of research on aect and the longstanding pursuit of the happy±productive worker are discussed.