title: Fuel of the self-starter: how mood relates to proactive goal regulation.
abstract: The authors consider how multiple dimensions of affect relate to individual proactivity. They conceptualized proactivity within a goal-regulatory framework that encompasses 4 elements: envisioning, planning, enacting, and reflecting. In a study of call center agents (N = 225), evidence supported the distinctiveness of the 4 elements of proactive goal regulation. Findings further indicated that high-activated positive mood was positively associated with all elements of proactive goal regulation, and low-activated negative mood was positively associated with envisioning proactivity. These findings were further supported in a longitudinal investigation of career-related proactivity amongst medical students (N = 250). The role of affective experience in proactivity is more nuanced than previously assumed.
authors: UWA Business School, University of Western Australia, Australia. uta.bindl@uwa.edu.au
authors: Uta K
authors: UK
authors: Bindl
authors: Sharon K
authors: SK
authors: Parker
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: Totterdell
authors: Gareth
authors: G
authors: Hagger-Johnson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult