Should negative affectivity remain an unmeasured variable in the study of job stress?

Keywords

Negative affectivityPsychologyPositive affectivityJob stressSocial psychologyJob satisfactionStress (linguistics)Variable (mathematics)Occupational stressPersonality

Affiliated Institutions

York University CA

Related Publications

The role of negative affectivity in the stress process: Tests of alternative models

Penny Moyle

The prominence of the personality trait of Negative Affectivity (NA) in the stress literature has increased over the last decade. Negative affectivity has been widely reported b...

1995 Journal of Organizational Behavior 203 citations

Dispositional affectivity as a predictor of work attitudes and job performance

Russell Cropanzano , Keith James , Mary A. Konovsky

Abstract Previous research has shown that dispositional negative affect (NA) is associated with lower levels of job satisfaction. Little research has been conducted, however, on...

1993 Journal of Organizational Behavior 481 citations

THE BIG FIVE PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS AND JOB PERFORMANCE: A META‐ANALYSIS

Murray R. Barrick , Michael K. Mount

This study investigated the relation of the “Big Five” personality dimensions (Extraversion, Emotional Stability, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience) t...

1991 Personnel Psychology 8551 citations

Testing reciprocal relationships between job characteristics and psychological well‐being: A cross‐lagged structural equation model

Jan de Jonge , Christian Dormann , Peter P. M. Janssen +3 more

This article describes a two‐wave panel study which was carried out to examine reciprocal relationships between job characteristics and work‐related psychological well‐being. Hy...

2001 Journal of Occupational and Organizat... 371 citations

To Your Heart's Content: A Model of Affective Diversity in Top Management Teams

Sigal G. Barsade , Andrew Ward , Jean Turner +1 more

In this study we develop a model of how diversity in positive affect (PA) among group members influences individual attitudes, group processes, and group performance. We test th...

2000 Administrative Science Quarterly 594 citations

Publication Info

Year: 1988
Type: article
Volume: 73
Issue: 2
Pages: 193-198
Citations: 727
Access: Closed

External Links