Prediction of type A behaviour: A structural equation model

Wyk, René Van; Boshoff, A. B.; Nieman, Gideon; Vuuren, Jurie Jansen Van; Pretorius, Marius

doi:10.4102/sajip.v35i1.758

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“…For example, the major factors of personality have been linked with psychological traits such as anxiety (Kotov et al, 2010;McKinney et al, 2021), humour (Mendiburo-Seguel et al, 2015), mindfulness (Giluk, 2009;Ortet et al, 2020), narcissism (Grijalva and Newman, 2015), subjective well-being (Anglim et al, 2020;Ortet et al, 2020), and values (Fischer and Boer, 2015;Nei et al, 2018), to name but a few (see also Ozer and Benet-Martínez, 2006). Within the South African context, various personality traits have been linked with psychological traits such as anxiety (Van Jaarsveld and Schepers, 2007), social adjustment (Papageorgiou and Callaghan, 2018), emotional competence (Coetzee et al, 2006), cultural intelligence (Nel et al, 2015), locus of control (Schepers and Hassett, 2006;Van Wyk et al, 2009), psychological well-being (Jones et al, 2015), and self-esteem (Coetzee et al, 2006). The majority of previous research has used the established Big Five model.…”

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Assessing the Nomological Network of the South African Personality Inventory With Psychological Traits

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The purpose of this study was to expand internal construct validity and equivalence research of the South African Personality Inventory (SAPI), as well as to investigate the nomological validity of the SAPI by examining its relationship with specific and relevant psychological outcomes. The internal and external validity of the SAPI was assessed within three separate samples (N = 936). Using the combined data from all three samples, Exploratory Structural Equation Modelling (ESEM) indicated that the six-factor SAPI model fit proved to be excellent. Measurement invariance analyses showed that the SAPI dimensions in the ESEM model were invariant across gender and race groups. Next, two separate studies explored the associations of the SAPI factors with relevant psychological outcomes. An ESEM-within-CFA (set ESEM) method was used to add the factors into a new input file to correlate them with variables that were not part of the initial ESEM model. Both models generated excellent fit. In Study 1, psychological well-being and cultural intelligence were correlated with the SAPI factors within a sample of students and working adults. All of the psychological well-being dimensions significantly correlated with the SAPI factors, while for cultural intelligence, the highest correlations were between Meta-cognition and Openness and Meta-cognition and Positive Social-Relational Disposition. In Study 2, work locus of control and trait anxiety was correlated with the SAPI factors within a sample of adults from the general South African workforce. Work Locus of Control correlated with most factors of the SAPI, but more prominently with Positive Social-Relational Disposition, while Neuroticism correlated strongly with trait anxiety. Finding an appropriate internal structure that measures personality without bias in a culturally diverse context is difficult. This study provided strong evidence that the SAPI meets the demanding requirements of personality measurement in this context and generated promising results to support the relevance of the SAPI factors.

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“…Type A behavior is one of a few personality characteristics that has been previously studied in relation to job performance (Jamal, 1990;Jamal & Baba, 2001;Halberge, Johansson & Schaufeli, 2007;Lee, 1992). Individuals who exhibit Type A behavior are characterized as being ambitious, competitive, impatient, and aggressive reported as Type B behavior (Wyk, Boshoff, VanVuuren & Pretorius, 2009;Spence, Helmreich & Pred, 1987). Individuals with Type A behavior may experience sense of time urgency, more likely to be involved in conflict with co-workers, more overloaded at work, and more likely to be over committed than Type B individuals (Strube, 1991).…”

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Type A Behavior, Emotional Intelligence and Social Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Work Motivation among Faculty Members at the Hashemite University

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This study examined the association between type A behavior, emotional intelligence, social self-efficacy, and work motivation among faculty members at the Hashemite University in Jordan. Seventy seven faculty members responded to four measures: Type A behavior scale, emotional intelligence scale, perceived social self-efficacy scale, and work motivation scale. The results of this study revealed that emotional intelligence was positively and significantly related to work motivation. Moreover, this study confirmed the value of emotional intelligence as a significant predictor of work motivation. However, social-self-efficacy and Type A behavior proved to be non significant predictors of work motivation

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Prediction of type A behaviour: A structural equation model

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References 77 publications

Assessing the Nomological Network of the South African Personality Inventory With Psychological Traits

Assessing the Nomological Network of the South African Personality Inventory With Psychological Traits

Type A Behavior, Emotional Intelligence and Social Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Work Motivation among Faculty Members at the Hashemite University

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