The dark and the bright sides of proactive work behaviour and situational constraints: Longitudinal relationships with task conflicts

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The dark and the bright sides of proactive work behaviour and situational constraints: Longitudinal relationships with task conflicts
Citation	Spychala A, Sonnentag S. Eur. J. Work Org. Psychol. 2011; 20(5): 654-680.
Copyright	(Copyright © 2011, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)
DOI	10.1080/1359432X.2010.487646
PMID	unavailable
Abstract	We investigated relationships of a job stressor (situational constraints) and specific proactive behaviours with change in task conflicts over time. We introduced two distinct types of proactive work behaviour (promotion-oriented initiative and prevention-oriented initiative) and examined their positive but also negative relationships with change in task conflicts. Study 1 supported the construct validity of promotion-oriented initiative and prevention-oriented initiative for 363 student assistants: Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that both types of proactive behaviour were distinct constructs and also distinct from active coping; patterns of correlations were similar to those of a prior concept of proactive behaviour. Study 2 was a longitudinal online survey with 197 employees over 3 weeks. Consistent with our hypotheses, situational constraints and promotion-oriented initiative predicted an increase in task conflicts, whereas prevention-oriented initiative predicted a decrease in task conflicts.