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Fueling Employees' Initiative: A Meta-Analysis of the Motivational Antecedents of Proactive Work Behavior

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Authors: Shan Xu, Jiale Jia, Yumei Wang
Year: 2025
Journal: Journal of Organizational Behavior
DOI: 10.1002/job.70018

Keywords: proactive work behavior, motivation, meta-analysis, employee initiative, self-efficacy, role breadth

Abstract

Drawing on Parker et al.'s Proactive Motivation Process Framework, this paper proposes and meta-analytically tests the motivational antecedents of proactive work behavior, identifying key drivers including role breadth self-efficacy, autonomous motivation, and proactive personality.

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@misc{metaanalysisproactiveworkbehavior2025,
  title  = {Fueling Employees' Initiative: A Meta-Analysis of the Motivational Antecedents of Proactive Work Behavior},
  author = {Shan Xu, Jiale Jia, Yumei Wang},
  year   = {2025},
  journal = {Journal of Organizational Behavior},
  doi    = {10.1002/job.70018},
  url    = {https://doi.org/10.1002/job.70018},
}

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