Job control and job stressors as predictors of proactive work behavior: Is role breadth self-efficacy the link?

DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1080/08959285.2012.721830
URL:	http://www.researchgate.net/publication/271669535_...
Document Type:	Article
Year of publication:	2012
The title of a journal, publication series:	Human Performance
Volume:	25
Issue number:	5
Page range:	412-431
Place of publication:	Philadelphia, Pa.
Publishing house:	Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
ISSN:	0895-9285 , 1532-7043
Publication language:	English
Institution:	School of Social Sciences > Arbeits- u. Organisationspsychologie (Sonnentag 2010-)
Subject:	150 Psychology
Abstract:	Previous research showed that job stressors are positively related to proactive work behavior. This study examines if these relations can be generalized to supervisor-rated proactive behavior and if relations of job stressors (time pressure, situational constraints) and job control with proactive behavior can be explained by role breadth self-efficacy as an underlying mechanism. We used supervisor ratings of proactive behavior (personal initiative, taking charge) from 140 employees working in small and medium-sized companies. Multilevel path analyses supported a partial mediation model. Job control and time pressure were positively related to role breadth self-efficacy, and role breadth self-efficacy was positively related to proactive behavior. Job control had also a direct relation with proactive behavior. The relation between situational constraints and proactive behavior was not significant.