Individual differences in the workplace : Perspectives of reciprocity and fit

Gao-Urhahn, Xiaohan

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URL:	https://madoc.bib.uni-mannheim.de/39109
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-391093
Document Type:	Doctoral dissertation
Year of publication:	2015
Place of publication:	Mannheim
University:	Universität Mannheim
Evaluator:	Biemann, Torsten
Date of oral examination:	3 June 2015
Publication language:	English
Institution:	Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences - CDSB (Business Studies) Business School > ABWL, Personalmanagement u. Führung (Biemann 2013-)
Subject:	650 Management
Subject headings (SWD):	Locus of control , Autonomie , Längsschnittuntersuchung , Commitment <Management> , Einkommen , Gegenseitigkeit
Keywords (English):	personality traits , locus of control , job characteristics , job autonomy , affective commitment , income , work attitudes , work behavior , corporate social responsibility , reciprocity , person-job fit , longitudinal
Abstract:	The dissertation consists of three essays which address the perspectives of reciprocity and fit in the causal relationships between people and work. Chapter 2 focuses on the functions of individuals' personality and disentangles the reciprocity between individuals' locus of control and job autonomy in a longitudinal context. Chapter 3 draws attention to individuals' attitudes and explores the causal relations between individuals' affective commitment and income over time. With a framework of corporate social responsibility, Chapter 4 investigates the impact of firm's policy on individuals' work attitudes and behaviors based on a cross-sectional survey and a field experiment. Overall, with multiple data sources and rigorous analytical approaches, the dissertation enriches the understanding of the causality associated with individual differences in the work environment.