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5028.24 Goal orientation and job experience on individual performance, Yanghua Jin, School of
Management, Hangzhou University of Commerce, China
This study tested the effects of goal orientation and job experience on individual performance
under Chinese working settings. Results (N=326) demonstrated that learning goal orientation and
qualitative job experience were effective predictors of individual performance. Hierarchical
multiple regression analysis tested the interaction effects of learning goal orientation and
qualitative job experience, controlling for demographic characteristics. The results indicated that
the relationship between qualitative job experience and performance were stronger between
employees low than high in learning goal orientation. Implications of the results and directions for
future research are also discussed.
5028.25 The dynamic relationship between organizational and professional commitment among
Korean R & D professionals, Jae-Yoon Chang, Sungshin Women's University, Korea, Republic
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This study predicted that the relationship between organizational and professional commitment
would be different over the stage of organizational socialization. Analysing the survey data from
204 PhDs working at two Korean electronics companies, it was revealed that organizational
commitement and tenure had a U-curve relationship. Furthermore, it was shown that professionals
whose tenure was less than 6 months were more committed to their organization than their
profession, but those whose tenure was more than 6 months and less than 1.5 year were less
committed to their organization than their profession. These findings were interpreted by the
compensation mechanism.
5028.26 The buffering effect of employability on job insecurity outcomes, Katharina Naswall,
Stockholm University, Sweden
The demands of flexibility placed on organizations during the last decades have brought on
unpredictable conditions and job insecurity for employees. The stressor job insecurity gives rise to
stress experiences and has been linked to several different negative outcomes, such as negative
work attitudes and adverse health symptoms. Data from white-collar workers were collected to
investigate the hypothesis that those perceiving themselves as more attractive to other employers
in the labor market react less negatively to job insecurity, by testing the buffering effect of
employability on the relation between job insecurity and negative outcomes.
5028.27 Differences in perceptions of justice in the wage settling process, Teresia
Andersson-Straberg, Stockholm University, Department of Psychology, Sweden
During the last decades the wage systems have become increasingly individualized and
performance based in many countries. Although employers hope to reach outcomes such as higher
employee efficiency and productivity, earlier research underscores that to achieve such desired
outcomes, employees’ perceptions of the fairness of the wage settling process are crucial. Using
questionnaire data (currently being collected among Swedish health care workers) this study
investigates the way various demographic groups differ in their perceptions of four dimensions of
justice -procedural, distributive, interpersonal and informative -concerning pay. The results could
be of great interest for all organizations using individualized pay systems.
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