The joint power of personality and motivation dynamics for occupational success. Bridging two largely separated fields.

Autor/inn/en	Brandt, Naemi; Israel, Anne; Becker, Michael; Wagner, Jenny
Titel	The joint power of personality and motivation dynamics for occupational success. Bridging two largely separated fields.
Quelle	In: European journal of personality, 35 (2021) 4, S. 480-509 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Illustrationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1099-0984
DOI	10.1177/0890207021996965
Schlagwörter	Faktorenanalyse; Latente Wachstumskurvenmodelle; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Strukturgleichungsmodell; Erwartung; Persönlichkeit; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Selbstkonzept; Selbstwirksamkeit; Zufriedenheit; Arbeitsbedingungen; Deutschland; Erwachsener; Erwartung; Faktorenanalyse; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Motivation; Persönlichkeit; Schulabschluss; Berufserfolg; Zufriedenheit; Überzeugung; Strukturgleichungsmodell; Selbstwirksamkeit; Schulabschluss; Motivation; Messverfahren; Überzeugung; Arbeitsbedingungen; Berufserfolg; Einflussfaktor; Erwachsener; Junger Erwachsener; Deutschland
Abstract	When establishing a career in adulthood, two major socioemotional ingredients are expected to affect people's success: how people act (personality) and what motivates them to act this way (motivation). However, little is known about whether and how personality and motivation change together and how their possible dynamic interplay predicts success. We investigated the roles that changes in personality and expectancy beliefs played in explaining occupational success in 4121 participants assessed after high school (Mage = 22.80, SDage = 0.70; 63% female) and about 20 years later. We used latent change models and moderated structural equation modeling to investigate correlated change and latent change interactions of personality and expectancy beliefs in predicting success. Results illustrated that besides being related in a nomological net, personality and expectancy beliefs also illustrated a strong interrelatedness in change across time. We found the clearest joint change dynamics between emotional stability, conscientiousness, self-concept, and self-efficacy. Changes in personality and expectancy beliefs were furthermore associated with objective and subjective occupational success. The results call for a more integrative view on personality-motivation dynamics across time for understanding the long-term adaptive ingredients of occupational success stories in adulthood. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2023/1