Publications

Authors:

Trifiletti, Elena; Dora, Capozza; Anna, Pasin; Rossella, Falvo

Title:

A validation of the proactive personality scale.

Year:

2009

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Referee:

Sì

Name of journal:

TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS, METHODOLOGY IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY

ISSN of journal:

1972-6325

N° Volume:

16

Page numbers:

77-93

Keyword:

proactive personality; proactive personality scale; locomotion; self-empowerment; self efficacy

Short description of contents:

In a study, we carried out a validation of the Proactive Personality Scale (PPS; Seibert, Crant, & Kraimer, 1999), that measures the inclination to take action and change the environment to realize one’s goals. Participants were 139 employees, working in two companies. The majority of participants were blue-collar workers. The instrument used was a questionnaire. A 7-item version of the scale was constructed. Moreover, by applying confirmatory factor analysis, we demonstrated the distinction between proactivity and other individual difference variables: work-related self-efficacy, self-empowerment, locomotion. Also the predictive validity of the scale was shown. As expected, proactivity influenced organizational citizenship behaviors; it was not correlated instead with organizational commitment and turnover intentions. We discussed this lack of correlation in terms of the category of employees examined (mostly blue-collar workers).

Product ID:

78073

Handle IRIS:

11562/624378

Deposited On:

October 15, 2013

Last Modified:

November 12, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Trifiletti, Elena; Dora, Capozza; Anna, Pasin; Rossella, Falvo, A validation of the proactive personality scale. «TPM. TESTING, PSYCHOMETRICS, METHODOLOGY IN APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY» , vol. 16 , 2009 , pp. 77-93

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