Date of Award

1-1-2012

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Program

Organizational Studies

Content Description

1 online resource (xi, 192 pages) : PDF file, illustrations (some color)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Richard D Johnson

Committee Members

Thomas D Taber, Michael T Ford

Keywords

Attitudes, Motivation, Need for Achievement, Resources, Self-Development Activities, Social Exchange, Self-culture, Employee motivation, Career development, Personnel management

Subject Categories

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Abstract

In today's competitive global environment, organizations are continuously seeking out ways to motivate employees to learn new skills and update existing skills. One way that employees are updating their skills are through voluntary self-development activities. The current research focuses on these behaviors, and extends prior research by developing and empirically examining a model of self-development behaviors that integrates two theoretical lenses: social exchange and motivation. The social exchange component of the model included distributive justice, procedural justice, trust, and organizational identity and the motivational component of the model focused on subjective norms, self-efficacy, need for achievement, conscientiousness, resources, and attitudes toward engagement in self-development behaviors.

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