Personal growth initiative (PGI), i.e., self‐change skills, is necessary for employees to adapt to changing environments, but research examining the antecedents of PGI in an organizational context is limited. The present research investigated the antecedents of PGI in the workplace. Using a two‐wave questionnaire survey, data were collected from 204 employees, including nurses, medical technicians and administrative staff, at six healthcare organizations in Japan. The results of hierarchical regression analyses showed that goal clarity and learning goal orientation were positively related to PGI, whereas autonomy, skill variety and job complexity were not significantly related to PGI. The results also showed that goal clarity positively moderated the effect of skill variety on PGI, yet, negatively moderated the effect of job complexity on PGI. This study contributes to the existing literature by demonstrating how personal and situational factors influence employees’ self‐change skills in the workplace.

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提升员工的自我改变技能：工作特征，目标明确性和学习目标的作用

个人成长计划（PGI），即自我改变技能，对于员工适应不断变化的环境是必不可少的，但是在组织环境中检查PGI前因的研究是有限的。本研究调查了工作场所中PGI的前身。使用两波问卷调查，从日本六个医疗机构的204名员工（包括护士，医疗技术人员和行政人员）收集了数据。分层回归分析的结果表明，目标清晰性和学习目标定向与PGI正相关，而自主性，技能多样性和工作复杂性与PGI无显着相关。结果还表明，目标明确性可以积极地缓和技能多样性对PGI的影响，但是可以消极地减轻工作复杂性对PGI的影响。