Effects of trait affect on creativity: Moderating role of group affective climate and reflexivity

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 (1) ◽  
pp. 15310 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moon Joung Kim ◽  
Jin Nam Choi
Keyword(s):  
Trait Affect ◽  
Affective Climate ◽  
Moderating Role

Moral Disengagement and Ethical Decision-Making

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 184-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Johnson ◽  
Shane Connelly
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Personnel Selection ◽  
Moral Disengagement ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Trait Affect ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract. Process-focused models of ethical decision-making (EDM) have focused on individual and situational constraints influencing EDM processes and outcomes. Trait affect and propensity to morally disengage are two individual factors that influence EDM. The current study examines the moderating role of dispositional guilt and shame on the relationship between moral disengagement and EDM. Results indicate that moderate and high levels of dispositional guilt attenuate the negative relationship between moral disengagement and EDM, while low guilt does not. Dispositional shame does not moderate the relationship between moral disengagement and EDM. Implications for personnel selection are discussed.

Trait Affect and Individual Creativity: Moderating Roles of Affective Climate and Reflexivity

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (9) ◽  
pp. 1477-1498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moon Joung Kim ◽  
Jin Nam Choi ◽  
Kyungmook Lee
Keyword(s):  
Critical Role ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Positive Trait ◽  
Trait Affect ◽  
Group Context ◽  
Multilevel Perspective ◽  
Affective Climate ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Contextual Moderators

We extended the literature on mood and creativity by introducing a multilevel perspective to examine the trait affect of employees. More specifically, we identified group affective climate and group reflexivity as significant moderators of the relationship between trait affect and creativity. Multilevel analyses of data obtained from 306 employees in 50 organizational teams revealed that group affective climate and group reflexivity facilitated the creativity of those employees with positive trait affect. A positive affective climate had significant direct and interactive effects with positive trait affect in relation to predicting individual creativity. Further, group reflexivity significantly moderated the relationship between positive trait affect and creativity. By identifying and examining these contextual moderators, we have highlighted the context-dependent nature of the affect–creativity relationship. Our findings offer new theoretical insights into the critical role of group context in shaping the effect of trait affect on mood and creativity.

Testing the Strain Theory of Suicide – The Moderating Role of Social Support

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Lew ◽  
Ksenia Chistopolskaya ◽  
Yanzheng Liu ◽  
Mansor Abu Talib ◽  
Olga Mitina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Perceived Social Support ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Psychological Strains ◽  
Moderating Role

Abstract. Background: According to the strain theory of suicide, strains, resulting from conflicting and competing pressures in an individual's life, are hypothesized to precede suicide. But social support is an important factor that can mitigate strains and lessen their input in suicidal behavior. Aims: This study was designed to assess the moderating role of social support in the relation between strain and suicidality. Methods: A sample of 1,051 employees were recruited in Beijing, the capital of China, through an online survey. Moderation analysis was performed using SPSS PROCESS Macro. Social support was measured with the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and strains were assessed with the Psychological Strains Scale. Results: Psychological strains are a good predictor of suicidality, and social support, a basic need for each human being, moderates and decreases the effects of psychological strains on suicidality. Limitations: The cross-sectional survey limited the extent to which conclusions about causal relationships can be drawn. Furthermore, the results may not be generalized to the whole of China because of its diversity. Conclusion: Social support has a tendency to mitigate the effects of psychological strains on suicidality.

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