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Exploring Calling Work Orientation: Construct Clarity And Organizational Implications, Kerry A. Newness
Exploring Calling Work Orientation: Construct Clarity And Organizational Implications, Kerry A. Newness
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Employees maintain a personal view toward their work, which can be referred to as their work orientation. Some employees view their work as their life’s purpose (i.e., calling work orientation) and they tend to be 1) prosocially motivated, 2) derive meaning from work, and 3) feel that their purpose is from beyond the self. The purpose of the current dissertation was to differentiate calling work orientation from other similar workplace constructs, to investigate the most common covariates of calling work orientation, and to empirically test two possible moderators of the relationship between calling work orientation and work-related outcomes of job …
Testing And Expanding An Emotion-Centered Model Of Workplace Aggression: The Moderating Effects Of Perceived Intensity And Social Support In The Workplace, Josh Allen
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this thesis was to examine the mediating effects of job-related negative emotions on the relationship between workplace aggression and outcomes. Additionally, the moderating effects of workplace social support and intensity of workplace aggression are considered. A total 321 of working individuals participated through an online survey. The results of this thesis suggest that job-related negative emotions are a mediator of the relationship between workplace aggression and outcomes, with full and partial mediation supported. Workplace social support was found to be a buffering variable in the relationship between workplace aggression and outcomes, regardless of the source of aggression …