To Branch out or Stay Focused? Affective Shifts Differentially Predict Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Task Performance

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Yang, Liu-Qin; Simon, Lauren S.; Wang, Lei; Zheng, Xiaoming
• 署名单位: Portland State University; Portland State University; Tsinghua University
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/apl0000088
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 831-845
• 关键词: positive affect; negative affect; affective shift; ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOR; task performance

摘要

We draw from personality systems interaction (PSI) theory (Kuhl, 2000) and regulatory focus theory (Higgins, 1997) to examine how dynamic positive and negative affective processes interact to predict both task and contextual performance. Using a twice-daily diary design over the course of a 3-week period, results from multilevel regression analysis revealed that distinct patterns of change in positive and negative affect optimally predicted contextual and task performance among a sample of 71 employees at a medium-sized technology company. Specifically, within persons, increases (upshifts) in positive affect over the course of a workday better predicted the subsequent day's organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) when such increases were coupled with decreases (downshifts) in negative affect. The optimal pattern of change in positive and negative affect differed, however, in predicting task performance. That is, upshifts in positive affect over the course of the workday better predicted the subsequent day's task performance when such upshifts were accompanied by upshifts in negative affect. The contribution of our findings to PSI theory and the broader affective and motivation regulation literatures, along with practical implications, are discussed.