The Moderating Effects of Go-Rumination on the Relationships between Goal Orientations and Anxiety, Satisfaction and Deviance

• Published in: Journal of managerial issues Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 378 - 398
• Main Authors: Haggard, Dana L., Carr, Jon C., da Motta Veiga, Serge P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pittsburg State University 01.10.2018
• ISSN: 1045-3695; 2328-7470

The purpose of this study was to examine the moderating effects of corumination (i.e., the excessive discussion of problems, their causes, and potential consequences), on the relations between goal orientations and organizational outcomes of interest (anxiety, job satisfaction, and supervisor-targeted deviance). A two-wave panel study (n = 408) tested these effects and found that co-rumination moderated these relationships, such that the positive relationships between avoid performance goal orientation and anxiety and deviance were stronger when co-rumination was high (vs. low). Furthermore, results also indicated that the negative relationships between avoid performance goal orientation and job satisfaction and between learning goal orientation and anxiety were stronger when co-rumination was high (vs. low). This study provides additional evidence to support consideration of goal orientation in recruiting and selecting individuals for the workplace, as well as considering the important role of co-rumination at work.