Addressing Moderated Mediation Hypotheses: Theory, Methods, and Prescriptions

Preacher, Kristopher J.; Rucker, Derek D.; Hayes, Andrew F.

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“…To examine the mediation effect, we applied the procedure described by Taylor, MacKinnon, and Tein (2008) and used bootstrapping techniques to test for the indirect relationship directly. Finally, to inspect the conditional and unconditional indirect effects, we used a procedure similar to the one described by Preacher, Rucker, and Hayes (2007) for regression analyses, and tested several additional SEM models with low (Ϫ1 SD) and high (ϩ1 SD) deviation of the moderator. Table 1 shows the intercorrelations and descriptives (mean and SDs) of the study's variables.…”

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It matters how old you feel: Antecedents and performance consequences of average relative subjective age in organizations.

Kunze¹,

Raes²,

Bruch³

2015

Journal of Applied Psychology

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This article extends the conceptual knowledge of average relative subjective age in organizations by exploring organizational-level antecedents and consequences of employees, on average, feeling younger than their chronological age. We draw from the theories of selection-optimization-compensation and socioemotional selectivity to build a theoretical framework for relative subjective age in organizations. We hypothesize that companies in which employees, on average, perceive themselves to be younger than they actually are have a higher average individual goal accomplishment and, in turn, experience higher company performance. We further hypothesize that employees' average experience of high work-related meaning relates to a lower subjective age in organizations. In addition, we assess the role of environmental dynamism and age-inclusive human resource management as moderators in this theoretical model. Through empirically testing this model in a multisource dataset, including 107 companies with 15,164 participating employees, we received support for the hypothesized relationships. Our results contribute to current debates in the scientific literature on age and have important practical implications in light of the demographic changes faced by many companies. This research indicates to both researchers and practitioners that it is not employees' chronological age but their subjective age, a factor that can be influenced, which drives organizational performance outcomes.

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It matters how old you feel: Antecedents and performance consequences of average relative subjective age in organizations.

Kunze¹,

Raes²,

Bruch³

2015

Journal of Applied Psychology

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“…Lastly, we also tested a model of moderated mediation (Preacher, Rucker, and Hayes, 2007), which examined whether the mediation process by error rates remains constant across different weather conditions. On rainy days, when error rates were entered as a mediator, exposure to outside options no longer predicted productivity (from β=.0029, p=.02 to β=.0017, n.s.…”

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Rainmakers: Why bad weather means good productivity.

Lee¹,

Gino²,

Staats³

2014

Journal of Applied Psychology

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People believe that weather conditions influence their everyday work life, but to date, little is known about how weather affects individual productivity. Most people believe that bad weather conditions reduce productivity. In this research, we predict and find just the opposite. Drawing on cognitive psychology research, we propose that bad weather increases individual productivity by eliminating potential cognitive distractions resulting from good weather. When the weather is bad, individuals may focus more on their work rather than thinking about activities they could engage in outside of work. We tested our hypotheses using both field and lab data. First, we use field data on employees' productivity from a mid-size bank in Japan, which we then match with daily weather data to investigate the effect of bad weather conditions (in terms of precipitation, visibility, and temperature) on productivity. Second, we use a laboratory experiment to examine the psychological mechanism explaining the relationship between bad weather and increased productivity. Our findings support our proposed model and suggest that worker productivity is higher on bad rather than good weather days. We discuss the implications of our findings for workers and managers.

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“…the mean number of days that students stayed in school for lunch) was mediated by changes in the targeted psychosocial variables (M). A bootstrapping procedure (5000 bootstrap samples) was applied (42)(43)(44)(45) controlling for key covariates (age, past behaviour, means of psychosocial variables at baseline) according to the SAS macro procedure proposed by Preacher and Hayes (46) . The given a, b, c and c 0 paths represent respectively the unstandardized regression coefficients of the effect of the intervention on the mediator (a), the direct effect of the mediator on the outcome (b), the total effect of the intervention on the outcomes (c) and the direct effect of the intervention on the outcome (c 0 ).…”

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Staying in school for lunch instead of eating in fast-food restaurants: results of a quasi-experimental study among high-school students

Beaulieu

Godin

2012

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: Following the adoption of food policies replacing unhealthy products by healthy foods in school, the present study tested the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at encouraging high-school students to stay in school for lunch instead of eating in fast-food restaurants. Design: A 12-week multi-strategy intervention targeting specific determinants of behaviour was evaluated via a quasi-experimental pre-and post-intervention design. A self-administered questionnaire was employed based on the theory of planned behaviour. Setting: An experimental (n 129) and a control school (n 112) in central Canada. Subjects: High-school students aged 12 to 17 years. Results: Compared with control school students, those in the experimental school significantly increased the mean number of days that they stayed in school for lunch (relative risk 5 1?55; 95 % CI 1?06, 2?27; P 5 0?024), as well as the proportion who remained in school for lunch every day (relative risk 5 1?21; 95 % CI 1?04, 1?40; P 5 0?014). Among the psychosocial variables targeted, only selfefficacy appeared to be influenced by the intervention, mainly because of a decline in control group values. Mediation analysis indicated a significant mediating effect of self-efficacy on the mean number of days that students stayed in school for lunch (bias-corrected and accelerated point estimate 5 0?079; 95 % CI 0?0059, 0?1958). Conclusions: These results suggest that interventions aimed at enhancing selfefficacy can successfully contribute to students staying in school during lunch time. Such interventions should be considered in obesity prevention programmes adapted to high-school students.

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Addressing Moderated Mediation Hypotheses: Theory, Methods, and Prescriptions

Cited by 8,245 publications

References 49 publications

It matters how old you feel: Antecedents and performance consequences of average relative subjective age in organizations.

It matters how old you feel: Antecedents and performance consequences of average relative subjective age in organizations.

Rainmakers: Why bad weather means good productivity.

Staying in school for lunch instead of eating in fast-food restaurants: results of a quasi-experimental study among high-school students

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