Proactive Personality and Training Motivation among Older Workers: A Mediational Model of Goal Orientation

Autor/inn/en	Setti, Ilaria; Dordoni, Paola; Piccoli, Beatrice; Bellotto, Massimo; Argentero, Piergiorgio
Titel	Proactive Personality and Training Motivation among Older Workers: A Mediational Model of Goal Orientation
Quelle	In: European Journal of Training and Development, 39 (2015) 8, S.681-699 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2046-9012
DOI	10.1108/EJTD-03-2015-0018
Schlagwörter	Factor Analysis; Personality Traits; Older Adults; Aging (Individuals); Learning Motivation; Goal Orientation; Employees; Banking; Internet; Questionnaires; Job Training; Predictor Variables; Correlation; Foreign Countries; Measures (Individuals); Statistical Analysis; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Faktorenanalyse; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Älterer Erwachsener; Aging; Altern; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Bankgeschäft; Fragebogen; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Prädiktor; Korrelation; Ausland; Messdaten; Statistische Analyse; Italien
Abstract	Purpose: This paper aims at examining the relationship between proactive personality and training motivation among older workers (aged over 55 years) in a context characterized by the growing ageing of the global population. First, the authors hypothesized that proactive personality predicts the motivation to learn among older workers and that this relationship is mediated by goal orientation. In particular, the authors hypothesized that learning goal orientation may mediate the relationship between proactive personality and learning motivation. Design/Methodology/Approach: The employees of an Italian bank completed an online questionnaire. AMOS 17 was used to carry out confirmatory factor analysis, and the SPSS macro was used to test the meditational model. Findings: The results confirmed both the hypotheses, demonstrating the influence of proactive personality on training motivation of older workers, as mediated by goal orientation and, in particular, by learning goal orientation. Practical Implications: From an applicative point of view, this study may have implications for organizations that aim to increase the employability of older people by encouraging them to undertake more training. In particular, interventions aimed at increasing learning goal orientation could contribute in strengthening proactive personality that, in turn, may affect levels of training motivation. Originality/Value: Even if proactive personality has already been found as a predictor of learning motivation, to the best of the authors' knowledge, the present study demonstrates that the relationship between proactive personality and training motivation is mediated by goal orientation among older workers. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01