The role of attachment styles in shaping proactive behaviour: An intra-individual analysis

Chia Huei Wu; Sharon K. Parker

doi:10.1111/j.2044-8325.2011.02048.x

The role of attachment styles in shaping proactive behaviour: An intra-individual analysis

Chia Huei Wu, Sharon K. Parker^*

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Human Resource Management

The University of Western Australia

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Abstract

Focusing on the intra-individual variation of proactive behaviour, the authors propose that curiosity, core self-evaluations (CSE), and future orientation are states that influence proactive behaviour at a given time at the within-individual level, and these within-individual associations are moderated by attachment styles at the between-individual level. For a sample of Taiwanese students (N= 58), the results showed that monthly curiosity, CSE, and future orientation positively predicted monthly proactive behaviour, but these within-individual associations were different depending on an individual's relationship anxiety in attachment. People high in relationship anxiety tend to behave proactively to approach future goals at a given time, but cannot rely on their self-evaluations to foster the proactive action at the same time, revealing an ambivalent attitude towards proactive behaviour.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	523-530
Number of pages	8
Journal	JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Volume	85
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8325.2011.02048.x
Publication status	Published - Sept 2012

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