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Perfomance in the face of internal events :elationship between psychological flexibility and individual work performance
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The goal of the study was to investigate the relationship between Psychological
Flexibility and Individual Work Performance that has not been studied previously and, thus, to
try and add to the growing body of knowledge in the area of Organizational Psychology. The
level of Psychological Flexibility of individuals was measured using the Work-related
Acceptance and Action questionnaire (WAAQ) developed by Bond, Lloyd and Guenole (2013)
and Individual Work Performance Scale (IWPQ) developed by Koopmans et al., (2014) was used
to assess the levels of Contextual and Task performance, and Counterproductive Work behavior
of participants. It has been our goal to verify whether executing management position at work has
a moderating effect on the abovementioned relationship.
One hundred and three (N=103) individuals agreed to voluntarily participate in this study,
from which 46,6% (n=48) were male and 53,4% (n=55) were female. The sample showed to be
international, with participants from 16 different countries. In terms of age, the sample ranged
from 20 to 67 years old, where majority of participants fell between 20 to 30 years old, making
45.6% of the total. The 28,2% (n=29) of respondents declared to execute a management function
at their workplace.
The first hypothesis has been confirmed, showing that Psychological Flexibility is
strongly and positively correlated with such dimensions of Individual Work Performance as
Contextual and Task Performance, and negatively correlated with Counterproductive work
behavior. The second hypothesis has not been confirmed and executing management position at
work had no moderating effect on the abovementioned relationship.
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Dissertação de Mestrado apresentada no ISPA– Instituto
Universitário – Ciências Psicológicas, Sociais e da Vida, para
obtenção de grau de Mestre na especialidade de Psicologia
Social e das Organizações.
Keywords
Psychological flexibility Individual work performance Management position Flexibilidade psicológica Desempenho individual do trabalho Posição do gerente