Examining the relationship between self-actualization and job performance via taking charge

Abstract

Based on Construal-level theory, this study hypothesized that self-actualization positively relates to employees’ taking charge, and self-actualization affects creative performance and normal performance through taking charge positively, but the effect is different. The authors selected a cross-sectional design to investigate interrelations amongst study variables at two different time points with the interval of one month, and surveyed 417 team members and 186 immediate team leaders in the banking sector in Pakistan. The authors used individual-level data to evaluate the validity and test the proposed relationships by using Mplus. They revealed that self-actualization affects taking charge positively, and taking charge mediated the relationship with the difference in effect e.g. taking charge has high effect on creative performance in comparison to normal performance. The outcomes carry important implications aimed at increasing high-level self-actualization that results in taking charge, and so on leads to creative and normal performance.

Keywords: {'name': 'Self-actualization'}, {'name': 'taking charge'}, {'name': 'creative performance'}, {'name': 'normal performance'}, {'name': 'construal level theory'}

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Nilesh Kumar
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Zhiqiang Liu
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Md.Yahin Hossain
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