@misc{FreseGarstFay2007,
  author    = {Frese, Michael and Garst, Harry and Fay, Doris},
  title     = {Making things happen : reciprocal relationships between work characteristics and personal initiative in a four-wave longitudinal structural equation model},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-18278},
  year      = {2007},
  abstract  = {The authors used the frameworks of reciprocal determinism and occupational socialization to study the effects of work characteristics (consisting of control and complexity of work) on personal initiative (PI)--mediated by control orientation (a 2nd-order factor consisting of control aspiration, perceived opportunity for control, and self-efficacy) and the reciprocal effects of PI on changes in work characteristics. They applied structural equation modeling to a longitudinal study with 4 measurement waves (N = 268) in a transitional economy: East Germany. Results confirm the model plus 1 additional, nonhypothesized effect. Work characteristics had a synchronous effect on PI via control orientation (full mediation). There were also effects of control orientation and of PI on later changes in work characteristics: As predicted, PI functioned as partial mediator, changing work characteristics in the long term (reciprocal effect); unexpectedly, there was a 2nd reciprocal effect of an additional lagged partial mediation of control orientation on later work characteristics.},
  language  = {en}
}