Person-Situation Predictions of Employee and Organizational Outcomes

Abstract

Despite the highly acknowledged notion that behavior is the joint outcome of person and situation (Lewin, Heider, & Heider, 1936), organizational research still lacks sufficient integration of person and situation factors to explain organizational processes and outcomes (House et al., 1996; Johns, 2006). In the present symposium we bring together four sets of studies, all aimed at uncovering differential effects of personality across contexts. The symposium includes four papers: (1) Murray Barrick will present findings in which motivational strivings and job characteristics interact in their prediction of experienced meaningfulness at work. (2) Christian Resick will talk about the personality- based motivational origins of unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB), and the moderating role of pro-social norms on the relationship between motivational traits and UPB. (3) Yair Berson and Shaul Oreg will talk about interactions between school principals’ personality, teachers’ work orientation, and changes in children’s values. (4) Andrew Woolum and Amir Erez will talk about the interaction between individual and peer personality traits in predicting satisfaction with one’s peer, and the moderating role of power on these relationships. Our discussant, Joyce Bono, will help us discuss and integrate these studies. Andrew Woolum and Amir Erez will talk about the moderating role of power on the relationship between dyad members’ personality and satisfaction with the relationships. (3) Christian Resick will talk about the personality-based motivational origins of unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB), and the moderating role of perceived justice on the traits to UPB relationships. (4) Yair Berson and Shaul Oreg will talk about interactions between school principals’ personality, teachers’ work orientation, and changes in children’s values. Our discussant, Joyce Bono, will help us discuss and integrate these studies.