How Contextual Performance Influences Perceptions of Personality and Leadership Potential
Research has found that employees high in cooperative and persistent personality traits tend to engage in more contextual performance at work—extra-role behaviors that support and maintain organizational structure. In a between-subjects experiment, we examined whether descriptions of employees engag...
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Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid
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| author | Danilo R. Le Sante Asia A. Eaton Chockalingam Viswesvaran |
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| description | Research has found that employees high in cooperative and persistent personality traits tend to engage in more contextual performance at work—extra-role behaviors that support and maintain organizational structure. In a between-subjects experiment, we examined whether descriptions of employees engaged in contextual performance affected inferences about their personality traits and leadership potential. We also examined whether the effects of interpersonal facilitation on perceptions of agreeableness, and perceptions of agreeableness on leadership emergence, were moderated by target employee gender. As predicted, the positive relationship between interpersonal facilitation and leadership emergence was explained by increased perceptions of extraversion and agreeableness, though no effects of target gender emerged. By engaging in interpersonal facilitation, employees may be able to increase others’ confidence in their leadership potential through personality inferences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ce1cc62bc57431ea4d80efbf1f872982022-12-21T21:24:49ZengColegio Oficial de Psicólogos de MadridJournal of Work and Organizational Psychology1576-59622174-05342021-07-013729310610.5093/jwop2021a1011320559How Contextual Performance Influences Perceptions of Personality and Leadership PotentialDanilo R. Le Sante0Asia A. Eaton1Chockalingam Viswesvaran2Florida International University, Department of Psychology, Florida , USA, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, USAFlorida International University, Department of Psychology, Florida , USA, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, USAFlorida International University, Department of Psychology, Florida , USA, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, USAResearch has found that employees high in cooperative and persistent personality traits tend to engage in more contextual performance at work—extra-role behaviors that support and maintain organizational structure. In a between-subjects experiment, we examined whether descriptions of employees engaged in contextual performance affected inferences about their personality traits and leadership potential. We also examined whether the effects of interpersonal facilitation on perceptions of agreeableness, and perceptions of agreeableness on leadership emergence, were moderated by target employee gender. As predicted, the positive relationship between interpersonal facilitation and leadership emergence was explained by increased perceptions of extraversion and agreeableness, though no effects of target gender emerged. By engaging in interpersonal facilitation, employees may be able to increase others’ confidence in their leadership potential through personality inferences. https://journals.copmadrid.org/jwop/art/jwop2021a10 contextual performanceinterpersonal facilitationjob dedicationleadershippersonality |
| spellingShingle | Danilo R. Le Sante Asia A. Eaton Chockalingam Viswesvaran How Contextual Performance Influences Perceptions of Personality and Leadership Potential Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology contextual performance interpersonal facilitation job dedication leadership personality |
| title | How Contextual Performance Influences Perceptions of Personality and Leadership Potential |
| title_full | How Contextual Performance Influences Perceptions of Personality and Leadership Potential |
| title_fullStr | How Contextual Performance Influences Perceptions of Personality and Leadership Potential |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Contextual Performance Influences Perceptions of Personality and Leadership Potential |
| title_short | How Contextual Performance Influences Perceptions of Personality and Leadership Potential |
| title_sort | how contextual performance influences perceptions of personality and leadership potential |
| topic | contextual performance interpersonal facilitation job dedication leadership personality |
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