The Ability of Psychological Flexibility and Job Control to Predict Learning, Job Performance, and Mental Health

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Bond, Frank W. and Flaxman, Paul. 2006. The Ability of Psychological Flexibility and Job Control to Predict Learning, Job Performance, and Mental Health. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management, 26(1-2), pp. 113-130. ISSN 0160-8061 [Article]

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J075v26n01_05

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This longitudinal study tested the degree to which an individual characteristic, psychological flexibility, and a work organization variable, job control, predicted ability to learn new skills at work, job performance, and mental health, amongst call center workers in the United Kingdom (N = 448). As hypothesized, results indicated that job control, psychological flexibility, and the synergistic interaction between the two, predicted people's ability to learn a new computer software program, as well as their mental health and job performance, which was objectively measured. Discussion focuses on the implications of these, and previous findings, for organizational behavior.

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https://doi.org/10.1300/J075v26n01_05