The relationship between job interdependence, interpersonally oriented personality traits and task performance

Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je ispitati postoji li moderatorski utjecaj pokrenute i dobivene međuzavisnosti posla na odnos između dvije interpersonalno orijentirane crte ličnosti (ekstraverzije i ugodnosti) i uspješnosti u radnim zadacima. Mjerenje je provedeno na 202 zaposlene osobe čiji je zadatak bio riješiti bateriju instrumenata. Ličnost se mjerila hrvatskom verzijom International Personality Item Pool skale (IPIP50; Mlačić i Goldberg, 2007), uspješnost u radnim zadacima se mjerila Upitnikom uspješnosti u radnim zadacima (Williams i Anderson, 1991), a međuzavisnost posla se mjerila Upitnikom međuzavisnosti posla kao dijelom Upitnika dizajna posla (Morgeson i Humphrey, 2006). Dobiveni rezultati upućuju na to da pokrenuta međuzavisnost posla ima značajan moderatorski utjecaj na povezanost ugodnosti i uspješnosti u radnim zadacima, no smjer interakcije je negativan. Suprotno očekivanjima, povezanost ugodnosti i uspješnosti u radnim zadacima je veća u uvjetima niske pokrenute međuzavisnosti posla, a neznačajna u uvjetima visoke pokrenute međuzavisnosti posla.The aim of this study was to examine the moderating effects of initated and received task interdependence on the relationship between two interpersonally oriented personality traits (extraversion and agreeableness) and task performance. The study was conducted on 202 employed adults whose task was to complete a battery of instruments. Personality traits were assessed using the Croatian version of the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP50; Mlačić i Goldberg, 2007), task performance was assessed using the Task Performance Questionnaire (Williams & Anderson, 1991) and task interdependence was measured using the Task Interdependence Questionnaire as part of the Work Design Questionnaire (Morgeson & Humphrey, 2006). The results indicate that initiated task interdependence has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between agreeableness and task performance, but the interaction is negative. Contrary to expectations, the relationship between agreeableness and task performance is stronger at low levels of initiated task interdependence and insignificant at high levels of initated task interdependence