Age as moderator of the relationship of proactive personality with training motivation, perceived career development from training, and training behavioral intentions
研究调查了252名市政府员工，发现年龄会调节主动性人格与培训动机、感知职业发展和培训行为意向之间的关系，年轻员工中主动性人格与这些结果的正向关系更强。
Abstract Based on changes in motivation thought to occur across the lifespan, we investigated whether age would moderate the relationship between proactive personality and three training‐related variables: training motivation, perceived career development from training, and training behavioral intentions. A survey was completed by 252 municipal government employees. As hypothesized, participants' age moderated the relationship between proactive personality and these outcomes. Specifically, there was generally a more positive relationship between proactive personality and the outcomes for younger participants than for older participants. Our discussion focuses on implications for training in organizations and recommendations for practice. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.