Examination of relationships among trait-like individual differences, state-like individual differences, and learning performance.

Gilad Chen; Stanley M. Gully; Jon-Andrew Whiteman; Robert N. Kilcullen

doi:10.1037/0021-9010.85.6.835

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Examination of relationships among trait-like individual differences, state-like individual differences, and learning performance.

Gilad Chen¹; Stanley M. Gully²; Jon-Andrew Whiteman³; Robert N. Kilcullen

¹ George Mason University · ² Labor and Employment Relations · ³ Human Technology, Inc

Journal of Applied Psychology 2000

Several authors (e.g., J.T. Austin & H.J. Klein, 1996; R. Kanfer, 1990b, 1992) have urged researchers to examine comprehensive models of distal individual differences as predictors of proximal motivational processes and performance. Two field studies in an academic setting tested a model of relationships among trait-like individual differences (cognitive ability, general self-efficacy, and goal orientation), state-like individual differences (state anxiety, task-specific self-efficacy, and goals), and learning performance. Most hypothesized relationships among these constructs received support when tested on 2 samples, when examining different performance episodes, and when using different goal orientation and state-anxiety measures. In general, state-like individual differences were found to mediate the relationships between trait-like individual differences and learning performance. Implications of these results are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided.

DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.85.6.835
Volume: 85 (6)
Pages: 835-847
Language: en
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