The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Mediating Role of Attributional Style in the Relationship between Personality and Performance

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dc.contributor.advisorSamuel B. Pond, Committee Chairen_US
dc.contributor.advisorMark A. Wilson, Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.advisorStephen Bartholomew Craig, Committee Memberen_US
dc.contributor.authorBaker, Becca A.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-02T18:18:58Z
dc.date.available2010-04-02T18:18:58Z
dc.date.issued2005-06-27en_US
dc.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
dc.degree.levelthesisen_US
dc.degree.nameMSen_US
dc.descriptionNorth Carolina State University Theses Psychology.
dc.description.abstractPrevious research has shown that personality traits, specifically the Five-Factor Model (FFM) and affect, are significant predictors of job performance, including organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and counterproductive work behavior (CWB) (Barrick & Mount, 1991; Organ & Ryan, 1995). However, some debate exists regarding which individual difference variables account for the most variance. The present study tests a causal model of counterproductive behavior by Martinko, Gundlach, and Douglas (2002) which proposes that individuals' attributions about workplace events act as mediators between personality and CWB. This model is also examined regarding its generalizability to OCB. One hundred and thirty-nine employees of a national senior care organization filled out self-report questionnaires regarding their personality. Subsequently, their immediate supervisors completed performance evaluations that included items addressing CWB and OCB. Structural equation modeling revealed that attributional style did not act as mediator between personality and CWB or OCB. In addition, none of the individual differences variables predicted CWB or OCB. A post hoc cluster analysis was used to examine the appropriateness of the scoring method used for attributional style. The implications of these results and directions for future research are discussed.en_US
dc.formatThesis (M.S.)--North Carolina State University.
dc.identifier.otheretd-06222005-120757en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.lib.ncsu.edu/resolver/1840.16/2945
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dc.subjectpersonalityen_US
dc.subjectBig Fiveen_US
dc.subjectcounterproductive work behavioren_US
dc.subjectorganizational citizenship behavioren_US
dc.subjectattributional styleen_US
dc.titleThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Mediating Role of Attributional Style in the Relationship between Personality and Performanceen_US
dcterms.abstractKeywords: personality, Big Five, counterproductive work behavior, organizational citizenship behavior, attributional style.
dcterms.extentvi, 72 pages : illustrations

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