This study examines predictors and outcomes of intra‐individual mood variability in the workplace. During a 3‐month weekly study, we collected data on personality (extraversion and neuroticism), positive and negative workplace mood, and job performance from 357 participants. Path analysis revealed a positive relationship between neuroticism and intra‐individual variability in negative mood, which in turn predicted intra‐individual variability in performance. Results contribute to understanding between‐person differences in intra‐individual mood variability, and they suggest expanding the mood – performance relationship from a static perspective to an intra‐individual dispersion perspective. From a practical point of view, our results identify neuroticism as a potential risk factor for unstable performance, but they also give room for fostering predictable performance.

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工作场所情绪随时间变化的前因和后果：为期三个月的每周研究

这项研究检查了工作场所内个人情绪变异的预测因素和结果。在为期3个月的每周研究中，我们收集了357位参与者的有关人格（外向和神经质），工作场所的积极和消极情绪以及工作表现的数据。路径分析揭示了神经质与负性情绪的个体内部差异之间存在正相关关系，这反过来又预示了个体表现的内部差异。结果有助于理解人际内部个体差异的人际差异，并且建议将情绪－绩效关系从静态的观点扩展到个人内部的分散观点。从实用的角度来看，我们的结果将神经质病视为不稳定表现的潜在危险因素，