@article{ref1,
title="The dark and the bright sides of proactive work behaviour and situational constraints: Longitudinal relationships with task conflicts",
journal="European journal of work and organizational psychology",
year="2011",
author="Spychala, Anne and Sonnentag, Sabine",
volume="20",
number="5",
pages="654-680",
abstract="We investigated relationships of a job stressor (situational constraints) and specific proactive behaviours with change in task conflicts over time. We introduced two distinct types of proactive work behaviour (promotion-oriented initiative and prevention-oriented initiative) and examined their positive but also negative relationships with change in task conflicts. Study 1 supported the construct validity of promotion-oriented initiative and prevention-oriented initiative for 363 student assistants: Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that both types of proactive behaviour were distinct constructs and also distinct from active coping; patterns of correlations were similar to those of a prior concept of proactive behaviour. Study 2 was a longitudinal online survey with 197 employees over 3 weeks. Consistent with our hypotheses, situational constraints and promotion-oriented initiative predicted an increase in task conflicts, whereas prevention-oriented initiative predicted a decrease in task conflicts.<p />",
language="",
issn="1359-432X",
doi="10.1080/1359432X.2010.487646",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1359432X.2010.487646"
}