| Literature DB >> 30210384 |
Letizia Palazzeschi1, Ornella Bucci1, Annamaria Di Fabio1.
Abstract
World of work in the 21st century is characterized by instability, insecurity, and continuous change. To face these challenges of the post-modern era, workers are required to use their personal resources. A new construct called high entrepreneurship, leadership, and professionalism (HELP) is a preventive resource that helps maintain, improve, and find work in uncertain or dynamic conditions. This study aims to examine the personality correlates of HELP in Italian workers and identify different clusters based on HELP and other variables, such as workplace relational civility and flourishing. To this end, the following instruments were administered to 204 Italian workers: the HELP questionnaire, the Big Five Questionnaire, the Workplace Relational Civility Scale, and the Flourishing Scale. The personality correlates of HELP underscored the role of conscientiousness (and its subdimension perseverance) and extraversion (and its subdimension dominance). The cluster analysis identified three clusters characterized by high, average, and low HELP scores. Participants in the first cluster with high HELP scores appeared to possess higher perseverance, dominance, workplace relational civility, especially readiness, and higher flourishing than those in the other two groups. The present results can open new opportunities for future research and interventions in a primary prevention perspective to foster resources for workers and healthy organizations in the 21st century.Entities:
Keywords: entrepreneurs; entrepreneurship; flourishing; leadership; personality traits; professionalism; workers; workplace relational civility
Year: 2018 PMID: 30210384 PMCID: PMC6121068 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01480
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Front Psychol ISSN: 1664-1078
Correlations between HELP and Big Five Dimensions (N = 204).
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. HELP total | _ | |||||
| 2. BFQ extraversion | 0.31∗∗ | _ | ||||
| 3. BFQ agreeableness | 0.01 | 0.22∗∗ | _ | |||
| 4. BFQ conscientiousness | 0.37∗∗ | 0.50∗∗ | 0.19∗∗ | _ | ||
| 5. BFQ emotional stability | 0.02 | 0.16∗ | 0.28∗∗ | 0.10 | _ | |
| 6. BFQ openness | 0.16 | 0.44∗∗ | 0.43∗∗ | 0.45∗∗ | 0.40∗∗ | _ |
Correlations between HELP and Big Five Sub-Dimension Scores (N = 204).
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. HELP total | _ | ||||||||||
| 2. BFQ dynamism | 0.27∗∗ | _ | |||||||||
| 3. BFQ dominance | 0.33∗∗ | 0.39∗∗ | _ | ||||||||
| 4. BFQ cooperativeness | 0.07 | 0.43∗∗ | -0.02 | _ | |||||||
| 5. BFQ cordiality | -0.05 | 0.24∗∗ | -0.09 | 0.53∗∗ | _ | ||||||
| 6. BFQ scrupulosity | 0.20∗∗ | 0.28∗∗ | 0.22∗∗ | 0.16∗ | 0.08 | _ | |||||
| 7. BFQ perseverance | 0.35∗∗ | 0.55∗∗ | 0.34∗∗ | 0.26∗∗ | 0.09 | 0.50∗∗ | _ | ||||
| 8. BFQ emotions control | 0.03 | 0.23∗∗ | 0.12 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.02 | 0.23∗∗ | _ | |||
| 9. BFQ impulse control | 0.07 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.32∗∗ | 0.34∗∗ | 0.05 | -0.04 | 0.46∗∗ | _ | ||
| 10. BFQ openness to culture | 0.09 | 0.41∗∗ | 0.11 | 0.37∗∗ | 0.31∗∗ | 0.29∗∗ | 0.26∗∗ | 0.24∗∗ | 0.37∗∗ | _ | |
| 11. BFQ openness to experience | 0.19∗∗ | 0.50∗∗ | 0.19∗∗ | 0.33∗∗ | 0.30∗∗ | 0.31∗∗ | 0.51∗∗ | 0.27∗∗ | 0.29∗∗ | 0.52∗∗ | _ |
Correlations among the dimensions of HELP.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. HELP entrepreneurship | |||
| 2. HELP leadership | 0.77∗∗ | ||
| 3. HELP professionalism | 0.67∗∗ | 0.73∗∗ |
Three Emergent Clusters according to Overall HELP Scores and its Dimensions.
| Cluster 1 ( | Cluster 2 ( | Cluster 3 ( | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HELP total | 38.68bc | 3.30 | 28.90ac | 3.21 | 18.14ab | 3.52 | 594.75∗∗∗ |
| HELP entrepreneurship | 12.55bc | 1.93 | 9.21ac | 1.76 | 5.20ab | 1.49 | 551.37∗∗∗ |
| HELP leadership | 13.14bc | 1.24 | 9.23ac | 1.20 | 5.06ab | 1.61 | 289.59∗∗∗ |
| HELP professionalism | 12.92bc | 1.57 | 10.47ac | 1.69 | 7.90ab | 2.02 | 406.62∗∗∗ |
ANOVAs for Cluster 1, Cluster 2, and Cluster 3 relative to HELP Scores, Personality Traits, WRC, and Flourishing.
| Cluster 1 ( | Cluster 2 ( | Cluster 3 ( | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BFQ extraversion | 77.23bc | 7.31 | 74.12ac | 7.84 | 68.78ab | 7.25 | 21.21∗∗∗ |
| BFQ agreeableness | 78.13 | 8.24 | 77.77 | 8.15 | 77.39 | 8.10 | .13 |
| BFQ conscientiousness | 83.96bc | 8.65 | 79.71ac | 11.04 | 76.83ab | 9.63 | 8.08∗∗∗ |
| BFQ emotional stability | 68.03 | 11.35 | 70.13 | 9.86 | 67.90 | 11.65 | 0.95 |
| BFQ openness | 79.23 | 10.78 | 79.61 | 10.92 | 76.21 | 9.30 | 2.59 |
| BFQ dynamism | 40.20c | 5.01 | 39.23c | 5.63 | 36.20ab | 5.10 | 10.35∗∗∗ |
| BFQ dominance | 37.07 | 4.04 | 34.88 | 3.87 | 32.58 | 3.82 | 20.94∗∗∗ |
| BFQ cooperativity | 41.54 | 4.51 | 40.73 | 4.25 | 40.44 | 4.08 | 1.09 |
| BFQ cordiality | 36.59 | 4.84 | 37.04 | 5.05 | 36.97 | 5.02 | 0.14 |
| BFQ scrupulosity | 39.14 | 5.11 | 38.27 | 5.78 | 37.01 | 6.10 | 2.24 |
| BFQ perseverance | 44.82bc | 5.43 | 41.44ac | 6.57 | 39.82ab | 5.26 | 11.76∗∗∗ |
| BFQ emotional control | 34.75 | 7.02 | 35.99 | 7.59 | 33.96 | 7.59 | 1.67 |
| BFQ impulse control | 33.29 | 5.97 | 34.14 | 5.74 | 33.94 | 6.22 | 0.35 |
| BFQ openness to culture | 38.29 | 6.80 | 39.66 | 5.14 | 37.83 | 5.38 | 2.05 |
| BFQ openness to experience | 40.95 | 5.84 | 39.94 | 5.15 | 38.38 | 5.42 | 3.63 |
| WRC part A | 54.18bc | 6.05 | 49.55ac | 8.31 | 45.86ab | 7.56 | 19.32∗∗∗ |
| WRC readiness part A | 20.57bc | 2.89 | 18.88ac | 3.28 | 17.35ab | 3.48 | 15.35∗∗∗ |
| WRC culture part A | 16.94bc | 1.97 | 15.54a | 2.88 | 14.87a | 2.62 | 10.57∗∗∗ |
| WRC decency part A | 16.66bc | 2.36 | 14.93ac | 3.31 | 13.63ab | 2.60 | 17.87∗∗∗ |
| WRC part B | 49.60bc | 7.66 | 41.51 | 9.63 | 39.31ab | 10.02 | 20.83∗∗∗ |
| WRC readiness part B | 18.29bc | 3.66 | 15.26ac | 4.72 | 14.69ab | 3.95 | 12.97∗∗∗ |
| WRC culture part B | 16.27bc | 2.32 | 12.86ac | 3.36 | 12.75ab | 3.35 | 25.23∗∗∗ |
| WRC decency part B | 15.05bc | 2.67 | 12.87ac | 3.08 | 11.87ab | 3.48 | 16.63∗∗∗ |
| Flourishing | 46.64bc | 5.81 | 40.44ac | 6.64 | 37.15ab | 7.14 | 32.73∗∗∗ |