The Theory of Purposeful Work Behavior: The Role of Personality, Higher-Order Goals, and Job Characteristics

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Advancing Theory by Assessing Boundary Conditions With Metaregression: A Critical Review and Best-Practice Recommendations (2018, methodology): “…and interactionist models in domains such as leadership (e.g., Fiedler, 1967), goal setting (e.g., Locke & Latham, 1990), personality (e.g., Barrick et al., 2013), and the prediction of individual (Van Iddekinge, Aguinis, Mackey, & DeOrtentiis, 2017) and firm (e.g., Boyd et al., 2012)…”
Work design for different generational cohorts : Determining common and idiosyncratic job characteristics (2014, background): “However, such an approach is acceptable as there is strong evidence that employee self-ratings are congruent with objective job features (e.g. Oldham et al., 1976; Fried and Ferris, 1987; Kulik et al., 1987; Naughton and Outcalt, 1988; Spector, 1992; Parker and Ohly, 2009; Hornung et al., 2010; Barr”
Multilevel Influences on Voluntary Workplace Green Behavior: Individual Differences, Leader Behavior, and Coworker Advocacy (2017, background): “In addition to individual motivational processes, social contexts also motivate behavior at work (Barrick et al., 2013; Chen & Kanfer, 2006).”