Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
3-2011
Abstract
Core self‐evaluations (CSE) represent a new personality construct that, despite an accumulation of evidence regarding its predictive validity, provokes debate regarding the fundamental approach or avoidance nature of the construct. This set of studies sought to clarify the approach/avoidance nature of CSE by examining its relation with approach/avoidance personality traits and motivation constructs (Study 1); we subsequently examined approach/avoidance motivational mechanisms as mediators of the relation between CSE and job performance (Study 2). Overall, the studies demonstrate that CSE is best conceptualized as representing both (high) approach tendencies and (low) avoidance tendencies; implications of these findings for CSE theory are discussed.
Discipline
Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Personnel Psychology
Volume
64
Issue
1
First Page
137
Last Page
161
ISSN
0031-5826
Identifier
10.1111/j.1744-6570.2010.01204.x
Publisher
Wiley: 24 months
Citation
FERRIS, D. Lance; ROSEN, Christopher R.; JOHNSON, Russell E.; BROWN, Douglas J.; RISAVY, Stephen D.; and HELLER, Daniel.
Approach or avoidance (or both?): Integrating core self-evaluations within an approach/avoidance framework. (2011). Personnel Psychology. 64, (1), 137-161.
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Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6570.2010.01204.x