Linking job dissatisfaction, learning motivation, creative work involvement, and proactive personality
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Author(s)Nikodemus Hans Setiadi WijayaLink to ORCID Index: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1106-0650
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DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.17(1).2019.04
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This study examines the links among job dissatisfaction, intrinsic and extrinsic learning motivation, and creative work involvement (CWI). It also investigates the moderating effect of proactive personality. The research data were obtained from two surveys conducted four months apart involving 271 employees. Negative impacts of job dissatisfaction on (1) intrinsic learning motivation and (2) CWI were discovered. Positive impacts of both intrinsic and extrinsic learning motivation on CWI were found. Intrinsic learning motivation mediated the relationship between job dissatisfaction and CWI. In addition, proactive personality played moderating roles in the relationships between job dissatisfaction and (1) intrinsic learning motivation, extrinsic learning motivation and (2) CWI.
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JEL Classification (Paper profile tab)J28, D91, O15
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References40
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Tables4
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Figures1
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- Figure 1. Research framework
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- Table 1. Discriminant validity for intrinsic and extrinsic learning motivation
- Table 2. Means, standard deviations, and correlations
- Table 3. Model comparison
- Table 4. Moderating effects of proactive personality
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How proactive personality affects lecturer innovative behavior: A mediation perspective
Rita Aryani ,
Adolf Bastian ,
Widodo Widodo 
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Andreas Cahya U. R. P. Saragih
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.23(2).2025.24
Problems and Perspectives in Management Volume 23, 2025 Issue #2 pp. 342-356 Views: 58 Downloads: 7 TO CITE АНОТАЦІЯA proactive personality is crucial for individuals and organizations, including lecturers in higher education institutions. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate how proactive personalities affect the innovative behavior of Indonesian lecturers through the sequential mediation of job involvement, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior. The paper employed a quantitative approach, and the data were operationalized through a survey using a Likert-scale questionnaire. The sample included 230 lecturers at private universities in Indonesia spread across four provinces (Central Jawa, West Jawa, Jakarta, and Banten). Correlational matrices and descriptive statistics supported data analysis using structural equation modeling. The results demonstrate a significant relationship between lecturers’ proactive personality and job involvement, organizational commitment, and innovative behavior. Additionally, a proactive personality influences innovative behavior through job involvement, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior. This study produces a new empirical model that explains how proactive personalities affect lecturers’ innovative behavior through job involvement, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior.
