Exploration of the Interrelationships Between Personal Resources, Work Motivation, and Work Adaptation

(1) Background: Work adaptation can be seen as a skill to be acquired, allowing employees to acquire new practices, integrate them, and transform themselves until they reach the desired goal. Previous studies show that this is influenced by organizational resources such as optimism, resilience, and...

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Main Authors: Murielle Ntsame Sima, Pascale Desrumaux, Charles L. Tchagnéno
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2813-9844/6/4/66
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description (1) Background: Work adaptation can be seen as a skill to be acquired, allowing employees to acquire new practices, integrate them, and transform themselves until they reach the desired goal. Previous studies show that this is influenced by organizational resources such as optimism, resilience, and proactivity, as well as work motivation, to allow employees to constantly adapt to their environment in order to achieve a better quality of life at work. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which work motivation plays a mediating role between personal resources (optimism, resilience, and proactivity) and work adaptation. (2) Methods: The sample consists of 273 teachers who responded, on a voluntary basis, to paper questionnaires distributed to schools. Structural equation modeling (SEM) is used to test the above assumptions. (3) Results: The results indicate that self-determined motivation plays a full mediating role in the relationship between the three personal resources and work adaptation. (4) Conclusions: The main conclusions demonstrate the importance of these three personal resources, optimism, resilience, and proactivity, in maintaining work motivation and work adaptation. In addition, in order to promote a positive influence of organizational resources on work adaptation, it is essential to activate motivational factors in the workplace.
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spelling doaj-art-e2b79da9b8a14b1da185761b843017c12025-08-20T02:57:21ZengMDPI AGPsychology International2813-98442024-12-01641053107110.3390/psycholint6040066Exploration of the Interrelationships Between Personal Resources, Work Motivation, and Work AdaptationMurielle Ntsame Sima0Pascale Desrumaux1Charles L. Tchagnéno2LIP/PC2S, Department of Psychology, University of Grenoble Alpes, University Savoie Mont Blanc, 38000 Grenoble, FranceULR 4072—PSITEC—Psychologie: Interactions, Temps, Emotions, Cognitions, University of Lille, 59000 Lille, FranceLaboratoire de Psychologie EA3188, University of Franche-Comté, 70000 Vesoul, France(1) Background: Work adaptation can be seen as a skill to be acquired, allowing employees to acquire new practices, integrate them, and transform themselves until they reach the desired goal. Previous studies show that this is influenced by organizational resources such as optimism, resilience, and proactivity, as well as work motivation, to allow employees to constantly adapt to their environment in order to achieve a better quality of life at work. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which work motivation plays a mediating role between personal resources (optimism, resilience, and proactivity) and work adaptation. (2) Methods: The sample consists of 273 teachers who responded, on a voluntary basis, to paper questionnaires distributed to schools. Structural equation modeling (SEM) is used to test the above assumptions. (3) Results: The results indicate that self-determined motivation plays a full mediating role in the relationship between the three personal resources and work adaptation. (4) Conclusions: The main conclusions demonstrate the importance of these three personal resources, optimism, resilience, and proactivity, in maintaining work motivation and work adaptation. In addition, in order to promote a positive influence of organizational resources on work adaptation, it is essential to activate motivational factors in the workplace.https://www.mdpi.com/2813-9844/6/4/66resilienceproactivityoptimismwork motivationwork adaptation
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work motivation
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title Exploration of the Interrelationships Between Personal Resources, Work Motivation, and Work Adaptation
title_full Exploration of the Interrelationships Between Personal Resources, Work Motivation, and Work Adaptation
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title_short Exploration of the Interrelationships Between Personal Resources, Work Motivation, and Work Adaptation
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work motivation
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