Antecedentes y consecuencias del comportamiento proactivo en la empresa: un modelo multinivel

Inmaculada Beltrán Martín

doi:10.51302/rtss.2013.3174

Authors

Inmaculada Beltrán Martín Profesora Titular del Departamento de Administración de Empresas y Marketing. Universitat Jaume I (España)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51302/rtss.2013.3174

Keywords:

proactive behavior, self-efficacy, role orientation, human resource practices, strategic flexibility, financial results, multilevel model

Abstract

In current competitive environments, organizations can not specify in advance which employee behaviors are needed to achieve organizational objectives. Instead, firms need proactive employees to guarantee organizational success. The purpose of the present study is to understand what predicts employee proactive behavior and which consequences these behaviors have for the firm. In this research we analyze whether certain employees will show higher proactivity depending on a set of individual variables. In addition, we want to examine whether human resource practices influence proactive behavior and to what extent this relationship is mediated by employee self-efficacy and role orientation. Finally, we will study the impact of proactive behaviors on organizational effectiveness, in particular on strategic flexibility and financial results.

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