TY - JOUR
T1 - Aligning Task Control With Desire for Control
T2 - Implications for Performance
AU - Ramsey, Alex T.
AU - Etcheverry, Paul E.
PY - 2013/9
Y1 - 2013/9
N2 - The current study examined whether matches between task control and participants' desire for control over their environment lead to better task performance than mismatches. Work control and desire for control were manipulated, and participants engaged in timed tasks. As predicted, performance was higher in cases of match, even when task control and desire for control were low. Task control and desire for control may predict work performance in combination, highlighting the importance of person-environment fit theory for both selection and work design. By manipulating desire for control, our research also explores the potentially state-dependent quality of this individual difference variable.
AB - The current study examined whether matches between task control and participants' desire for control over their environment lead to better task performance than mismatches. Work control and desire for control were manipulated, and participants engaged in timed tasks. As predicted, performance was higher in cases of match, even when task control and desire for control were low. Task control and desire for control may predict work performance in combination, highlighting the importance of person-environment fit theory for both selection and work design. By manipulating desire for control, our research also explores the potentially state-dependent quality of this individual difference variable.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84885139369&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01973533.2013.823617
DO - 10.1080/01973533.2013.823617
M3 - Article
C2 - 26045630
AN - SCOPUS:84885139369
VL - 35
SP - 467
EP - 476
JO - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
JF - Basic and Applied Social Psychology
SN - 0197-3533
IS - 5
ER -