Compassion and Job Performance: Dual-Paths through Positive Work-Related Identity, Collective Self Esteem, and Positive Psychological Capital
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Hypotheses Development
2.1. Compassion and Positive Work-Related Identity
2.2. Positive Work-Related Identity and Collective Self-Esteem
2.3. Collective Self-Esteem and Job Performance
2.4. Serial Multiple Mediation of Positive Work-Related Identity and Collective Self-Esteem
2.5. Mediation of Positive Psychological Capital
3. Method
3.1. Study Participants and Procedure
3.2. Measures
3.2.1. Compassion
3.2.2. Positive Work-Related Identity
3.2.3. Collective Self-Esteem
3.2.4. Job Performance
3.2.5. Positive Psychological Capital
4. Results
4.1. Data Analysis
4.2. Common Method Variance
4.3. Hypotheses Testing
5. Discussion and Conclusions
5.1. Discussion
5.2. Implications
5.3. Limitations and Future Research Directions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Mean | S.D. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
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1. Compassion | 3.71 | 0.65 | 0.82 | ||||
2. Positive work-related identity | 3.57 | 0.69 | 0.21 ** | 0.84 | |||
3. Collective self-esteem | 3.59 | 0.54 | 0.30 ** | 0.47 ** | 0.84 | ||
4. Job performance | 3.79 | 0.62 | 0.29 ** | 0.50 ** | 0.47 ** | 0.83 | |
5. Positive psychological capital | 3.52 | 0.44 | 0.37 ** | 0.51 ** | 0.58 ** | 0.52 ** | 0.86 |
Hypothesis | Path | b | SE | CR | p |
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H1 | Compassion → PWRI | 0.48 | 0.31 | 6.65 | <0.001 |
H2 | PWRI → CSE | 0.62 | 0.07 | 9.40 | <0.001 |
H3 | CSE → JP | 0.68 | 0.14 | 7.23 | <0.001 |
From → to | Indirect Effects | |||
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Estimate | CIlow | CIhigh | BootSE | |
Total indirect effect | 0.13 | 0.07 | 0.22 | 0.04 |
Compassion → PWRI → JP | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.13 | 0.03 |
Compassion → CSE → JP | 0.05 | 0.02 | 0.08 | 0.02 |
Compassion → PWRI → CSE → JP | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.01 |
Direct Effect of Compassion on Job Performance | |||
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Effect | SE | t-value | p-value |
0.80 | 0.05 | 1.70 | 0.09 |
Indirect effect of compassion on job performance (via compassion) | |||
Effect | Boot SE | BootLLCI | BootULCI |
0.17 | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.28 |
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Ko, S.-H.; Choi, Y. Compassion and Job Performance: Dual-Paths through Positive Work-Related Identity, Collective Self Esteem, and Positive Psychological Capital. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6766. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11236766
Ko S-H, Choi Y. Compassion and Job Performance: Dual-Paths through Positive Work-Related Identity, Collective Self Esteem, and Positive Psychological Capital. Sustainability. 2019; 11(23):6766. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11236766
Chicago/Turabian StyleKo, Sung-Hoon, and Yongjun Choi. 2019. "Compassion and Job Performance: Dual-Paths through Positive Work-Related Identity, Collective Self Esteem, and Positive Psychological Capital" Sustainability 11, no. 23: 6766. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11236766