Abstract

This study draws on socioemotional selectivity and person–job fit theories to investigate the emotional bases for age-related differences in daily task crafting and in-role performance. We tested a mediation model in which age is related to positive emotions that in turn predict task crafting and in-role performance. A total of 256 people working in multiple organizations participated in a 5-day diary study. Multilevel modeling showed that, at the person level of analysis, age is significantly and positively related to positive emotions and task crafting and, via crafting, to in-role performance. No significant mediation of high- and low-arousal positive emotions was found between age and task crafting. However, at the day level of analysis, high-arousal positive emotions are positively related to task crafting, and this in turn is positively related to in-role performance. These findings make important theoretical contributions to understanding within-person processes associated with employee age in addition to more traditional between-person factors. They also have implications for managing an age-diverse workforce by means of job crafting.

中文翻译：

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年龄对每日积极情绪和工作行为的影响

摘要

这项研究利用社会情感选择性和个人工作适合度理论来调查与年龄相关的日常任务制定和角色绩效差异的情感基础。我们测试了一种调解模型，其中年龄与积极情绪相关，而积极情绪又可以预测任务制定和角色内绩效。共有256位来自多个组织的员工参加了为期5天的日记研究。多层次建模表明，在人的分析水平上，年龄与积极情绪和任务制定以及通过角色制定的绩效显着正相关。在年龄和任务制定之间没有发现高和低振铃积极情绪的重要中介。但是，在日常分析中，高唤起积极情绪与任务制定有正相关关系，而这又与角色内的表现成正比。除了更传统的人际关系因素外，这些发现为理解与员工年龄相关的人际流程做出了重要的理论贡献。它们也对通过工作手工管理不同年龄的劳动力有影响。