Be Happy, don't Wait: The Role of Trait Affect in Job Search

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 483-514

  Turban, Daniel B ^a   Lee, Felissa K ^b   Veiga, Serge P da Motta ^a   Haggard, Dana L ^c   Wu, Sharon Y ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d K12 Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878140557     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/peps.12027     Document Type: Article

References (82)

1. Achtziger A, Gollwitzer PM, Sheeran P. (2008). Implementation intentions and shielding goal striving from unwanted thoughts and feelings. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 381-393.
2. Algoe SB, Fredrickson BL. (2011). Emotional fitness and the movement of affective science from lab to field. American Psychologist, 66, 35-42.
3. Anderson JC, Gerbing DW. (1998). Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach. Psychological Bulletin, 103, 411-423.
4. Ariely D, Wertenbroch K. (2002). Procrastination, deadlines, and performance: Self-control by precommitment. Psychological Science, 13, 219-224.
5. Bandalos DL. (2002). The effects of item parceling on goodness-of-fit and parameter estimate bias in structural equation modeling. Structural Equation Modeling, 1, 35-67.
6. Baron RA. (1987). Mood of interviewer and the evaluation of job candidates. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 17, 911-926.
7. Baron RA. (2008). The role of affect in the entrepreneurial process. Academy of Management Review, 33, 328-340.
8. Barsade SG. (2002). The ripple effect: Emotional contagion and its influence on group behavior. Administrative Science Quarterly, 47, 644-675.
9. Barsade SG, Gibson DE. (2007). Why does affect matter in organizations? Academy of Management Perspectives, 21, 36-57.
10. Blau G. (1994). Testing a two-dimensional measure of job search behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 59, 288-312.
11. Boswell WR, Zimmerman RD, Swider BW. (2012). Employee job search: Toward an understanding of search context and search objectives. Journal of Management, 38, 129-163.
12. Brasher EE, Chen PY. (1999). Evaluation of success criteria in job search: A process perspective. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 72, 57-70.
13. Brockner J, Higgins ET. (2001). Regulatory focus theory: Implications for the study of emotions at work. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 86, 35-66.
14. Cable DM, Kay VS. (2012). Striving for self-verification during organizational entry. Academy of Management Journal, 55, 360-380.
15. Cameron KS, Dutton JE, Quinn RE. (2003). Foundations of positive organizational scholarship. In Cameron K, Dutton J, Quinn RE (Eds.), Positive organizational scholarship (pp. 3-13). San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler.
16. Cameron KS, Spreitzer GM. (Eds.) (2012). The Oxford handbook of positive organizational scholarship. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
17. Carver CS. (2003). Pleasure as sign you can attend to something else: Placing positive feelings within a general model of affect. Cognition and Emotion, 17, 241-261.
18. Carver CS, Scheier MF. (1990). Origins and functions of positive and negative affect: A control-process view. Psychological Review, 97, 19-35.
19. Carver CS, White TL. (1994). Behavioral inhibition, behavioral activation, and affective responses to impending reward and punishment: The BIS/BAS scales. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 67, 319-333.
20. Caza BB, Milton LP. (2012). Resilience at work: Building capability in the face of adversity. In Cameron KS, Spreitzer GM (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of positive organizational scholarship (pp. 895-908). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
21. Côté S, Saks AM, Zikic J. (2006). Trait affect and job search outcomes. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 68, 233-252.
22. Creed PA, King V, Hood M, McKenzie R. (2009). Goal orientation, self-regulation strategies, and job seeking intensity in unemployed adults. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 806-813.
23. Crossley CD, Stanton JM. (2005). Negative affect and job search: Further examination of the reverse causation hypothesis. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 66, 549-560.
24. Elfenbein HA. (2007). Emotion in organizations. The Academy of Management Annals, 1, 315-386.
25. Elliot AJ, Church MA. (1997). A hierarchical model of approach and avoidance achievement motivation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 72, 218-232.
26. Elliot AJ, Covington MV. (2001). Approach and avoidance motivation. Educational Psychology Review, 13, 73-92.
27. Elliot AJ, Thrash TM. (2001). Achievement goals and the hierarchical model of achievement motivation. Educational Psychology Review, 12, 139-156.
28. Elliot AJ, Thrash TM. (2002). Approach-avoidance motivation in personality: Approach and avoidance temperaments and goals. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 804-818.
29. Ellis RA, Taylor MS. (1983). Role of self-esteem within the job search process. Journal of Applied Psychology, 68, 632-640.
30. Ellis S, Mendel R, Nir M. (2006). Learning from successful and failed experience: The moderating role of kind of after-event review. Journal of Applied Psychology, 91, 669-680.
31. Ferrari JR, Johnson JL, McCown WG. (1995). Procrastination and task avoidance: Theory, research, and treatment. New York, NY: Plenum.
32. Ferrari JR, Tice DM. (2000). Procrastination as a self-handicap for men and women: A task-avoidance strategy in a laboratory setting. Journal of Research in Personality, 34, 73-83.
33. Foo MD, Uy MA, Baron RA. (2009). How do feelings influence effort: An empirical study of entrepreneurs' affect and venture effort. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 1086-1094.
34. Fredrickson BL. (2001). The role of positive emotions in positive psychology: The broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions. American Psychologist, 56, 218-226.
35. Fredrickson BL, Joiner T. (2002). Positive emotions trigger upward spirals toward emotional well-being. Psychological Science, 13, 172-175.
36. Frederickson BL, Losada MF. (2005). Positive affect and the complex dynamics of human flourishing. American Psychologist, 60, 678-686.
37. Fredrickson BL, Mancuso RA, Branigan C, Tugade MM. (2000). The undoing effect of positive emotions. Motivation and Emotion, 24, 237-258.
38. Gollwitzer PM, Sheeran P. (2006). Implementation intentions and goal achievement: A meta-analysis of effects and processes. Advances in Experimental Social Psychology, 38, 69-119.
39. Higgins ET. (1997). Beyond pleasure and pain. American Psychologist, 52, 1280-1300.
40. Kanfer R, Heggestad ED. (1997). Motivational traits and skills: A person-centered approach to work motivation. Research in Organizational Behavior, 19, 1-56.
41. Kanfer R, Wanberg CR, Kantrowitz TM. (2001). Job search and employment: A personality-motivational analysis and meta-analytic review. Journal of Applied Psychology, 86, 837-855.
42. Kaplan S, Bradley JC, Luchman JN, Haynes D. (2009). On the role of positive and negative affect in job performance: A meta-analytic investigation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 162-176.
43. Keith N, Frese M. (2005). Self-regulation in error management training: Emotion control and metacognition as mediators of performance effects. Journal of Applied Psychology, 90, 677-691.
44. Kelly JR, Barsade SG. (2001). Mood and emotions in small groups and work teams. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 86, 99-130.
45. Lay CH. (1986). At last, my research article on procrastination. Journal of Research in Personality, 20, 474-495.
46. Lay CH, Brokenshire R. (1997). Conscientiousness, procrastination, and person-task characteristics in job searching by unemployed adults. Current Psychology: Developmental, Learning, Personality, Social, 16, 83-96.
47. Lyubomirsky S, King L, Diener E. (2005). The benefits of frequent positive affect: Does happiness lead to success? Psychological Bulletin, 131, 803-855.
48. McCarthy J, Goffin R. (2004). Measuring job interview anxiety: Beyond weak knees and sweaty palms. Personnel Psychology, 57, 607-637.
49. McGregor HA, Elliot AJ. (2002). Achievement goals as predictors of achievement-relevant processes prior to task engagement. Journal of Educational Psychology, 94, 381-395.
50. Muraven M, Baumeister RF. (2000). Self-regulation and depletion of limited resources: Does self-control resemble a muscle? Psychological Bulletin, 126, 247-259.
51. Parker SK, Bindl UK, Strauss K. (2010). Making things happen: A model of proactive motivation. Journal of Management, 36, 827-856.
52. Piero A, Giacomantonio M, Pica G, Kruglanski AW, Higgins ET. (2011). On the psychology of time in action: Regulatory mode orientations and procrastination. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 101, 1317-1331.
53. Quinn RW, Spreitzer GM, Lam CF. (2012). Building a sustainable model of human energy in organizations: Exploring the critical role of resources. The Academy of Management Annals, 6, 337-396.
54. Russell JA. (2003). Core affect and the psychological construction of emotion. Psychological Review, 110, 145-172.
55. Saks AM. (2006). Multiple predictors and criteria of job search success. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 68, 400-415.
56. Sekera LE, Vacharkulksemsuk T, Fredrickson BL. (2012). Positive emotions: Broadening and building upwards spirals of sustainable enterprise. In Cameron KS, Spreitzer GM (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of positive organizational scholarship (pp. 168-177). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
57. Seligman MEP, Csikszentmihalyi M. (2000). Positive psychology: An introduction. American Psychologist, 55, 5-14.
58. Senécal C, Guay F. (2000). Procrastination in job seeking: An analysis of motivational processes and feelings of hopelessness. Journal of Social Behavior and Personality, 15, 267-282.
59. Seo M, Barrett LF, Bartunek JM. (2004). The role of affective experience in work motivation. Academy of Management Review, 29, 423-439.
60. Seo M, Barrett LF, Jin S. (2008). The structure of affect: History, theory, and implications for emotion research in organizations. In Ashkanasy NM, Cooper CL (Eds.), Research companion to emotion in organizations (pp. 17-44). London, UK: Edward Elgar.
61. Seo M, Bartunek JM, Barrett LF. (2010). The role of affective experience in work motivation: Test of a conceptual model. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 31, 951-968.
62. Song Z, Uy MA, Zhang S, Shi K. (2009). Daily job search and psychological distress: Evidence from China. Human Relations, 62, 1171-1197.
63. Spreitzer GM, Lam CF, Quinn RW. (2012). Human energy in organizations. In Cameron KS, Spreitzer GM (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of positive organizational scholarship (pp. 155-167). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
64. Steel P. (2007). The nature of procrastination: A meta-analytic and theoretical review of quintessential self-regulatory failure. Psychological Bulletin, 133, 65-94.
65. Steel P, Brothen T, Wambach C. (2001). Procrastination and personality, performance, and mood. Personality and Individual Differences, 30, 95-106.
66. Tellegen A, Watson D, Clark LA. (1999). On the dimensional and hierarchical structure of affect. Psychological Science, 10, 297-303.
67. Thoresen CJ, Kaplan SA, Barsky AP, de Chermont K, Warren CR. (2003). The affective underpinnings of job perceptions and attitudes: A meta-analytic review and integration. Psychological Bulletin, 129, 914-945.
68. Tice DM, Baumeister RF. (1997). Longitudinal study of procrastination, performance, stress, and health: The costs and benefits of dawdling. Psychological Science, 8, 454-458.
69. Tugade MM, Fredrickson BL. (2004). Resilient individuals use positive emotions to bounce back from negative emotional experiences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82, 320-333.
70. Turban DB, Stevens CK, Lee FK. (2009) Effects of conscientiousness and extraversion on new labor market entrants' job search: The mediating role of metacognitive activities and positive emotions. Personnel Psychology, 62, 553-573.
71. Van Eerde W. (2000). Procrastination: Self-regulation in initiating aversive goals. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 49, 372-389.
72. Van Eerde W. (2003). A meta-analytically derived nomological network of procrastination. Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 1401-1418.
73. Van Hooft EAJ, Born MP, Taris TW, Van der Flier H, Blonk RWB. (2005). Bridging the gap between intentions and behavior: Implementation intentions, action control and procrastination. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 66, 238-256.
74. Van Hooft EAJ, Wanberg CR, Van Hoye G. (2013). Moving beyond job search quantity: Towards a conceptualization and self-regulatory framework of job search quality. Organizational Psychology Review, 3, 3-40.
75. Wanberg CR. (2012). The individual experience of unemployment. Annual Review of Psychology, 63, 369-396.
76. Wanberg CR, Kanfer R, Rotundo M. (1999). Unemployed individuals: Motives, job search competencies, and job-search constraints as predictors of job seeking and reemployment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 84, 897-910.
77. Wanberg CR, Zhu J, Kanfer R, Zhang Z. (2012). After the pink slip: Applying dynamic motivation frameworks to the job search experience. Academy of Management Journal, 55, 261-284.
78. Wanberg CR, Zhu J, Van Hooft EAJ. (2010). The job search grind: Perceived progress, self-reactions, and self-regulation of search effort. Academy of Management Journal, 53, 788-807.
79. Watson D, Clark LA. (1984). Negative affectivity: The disposition to experience aversive emotional states. Psychological Bulletin, 96, 465-490.
80. Watson D, Clark LA, Tellegen A. (1988). Development and validation of brief measures of positive and negative affect: The PANAS scale. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 54, 1063-1070.
81. Watson D, Wiese D, Vaidya J, Tellegen A. (1999). The two general activation systems of affect: Structural findings, evolutionary considerations, and psychobiological evidence. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 820-838.
82. Wolters CA. (2003). Understanding procrastination from a self-regulated perspective. Journal of Educational Psychology, 95, 179-187.