PSYC 3550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ecological Validity, Motivation, Pyramidal Cell
21 Nov 2018
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Job characteristics related to flow: skill variety: extend to which task requires the use of many skills and abilities, autonomy: ability to solve problems independently, flow accounted for 76% of the within-individual variance in mood, and. 24% of between-individual variance in mood: flow is predictive of positive mood, not that positive mood predicts flow. Predictors of individual-level innovation at work- hammond: 4 predictors of individual innovation, individual differences, personality variables (creative personality, openness to experience, demographics (education, tenure) 2: motivation, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation, self-efficacy, job characteristics, context, organizational climate, organizational resources. Individual differences: openness to experience and creative personality predicts innovation, education predicts innovation, motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation predicts innovation, job self-efficacy and creative self-efficacy predicts innovation. Job characteristics: strongest relationship with innovation: job complexity, autonomy, and expectations of creative performance predicts innovation, context (organizational variables, organization climate and supportive organizational climate predicts innovation, organizational resources predict innovation, positive supervisor behaviour predicts innovation.
