TY - GEN
T1 - What are people looking for? : personality traits and importance of work motivation factors
AU - Bipp, T.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Based on two different work motivation theories, the relationships between personality traits (Big Five, CSE: core self-evaluation) and the importance of various job aspects was investigated. In Study I (N=118), graduates with high scores on Openness to experience and Agreeableness placed emphasis on Herzberg's motivation factors, whereas no relations were found for hygiene factors. In Study II (N=117 employees), the Big Five accounted for 30% of the variance in importance of the motivating potential of a job (Job Characteristics Model) and CSE showed incremental validity. Results are discussed regarding person-job fit and the practical utility of the CSE construct.
AB - Based on two different work motivation theories, the relationships between personality traits (Big Five, CSE: core self-evaluation) and the importance of various job aspects was investigated. In Study I (N=118), graduates with high scores on Openness to experience and Agreeableness placed emphasis on Herzberg's motivation factors, whereas no relations were found for hygiene factors. In Study II (N=117 employees), the Big Five accounted for 30% of the variance in importance of the motivating potential of a job (Job Characteristics Model) and CSE showed incremental validity. Results are discussed regarding person-job fit and the practical utility of the CSE construct.
U2 - 10.1080/00207594.2008.10108484
DO - 10.1080/00207594.2008.10108484
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - International journal of psychology
SP - 232
BT - Proceedings of the XXIX International Congress of Psychology (ICP 2008), July 20-25 2008, Berlin, Germany
ER -