title: Attachment at work and performance.
abstract: This paper examines the relations between self-reported attachment orientation at work and personality, self-esteem, trait emotional intelligence (aka emotional self-efficacy), and independently assessed career potential and job performance. Self-report data were collected from 211 managers in an international business in the hospitality industry; independent assessments of these managers' job performance and career potential were separately obtained from the organization. A self-report measure of romantic attachment was adapted for application in the work context; a two-factor solution was found for this measure. Secure/autonomous attachment orientation at work was positively related to self-esteem, trait emotional intelligence, extraversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness, and also to job performance. Not only was secure/autonomous attachment orientation at work statistically predictive of job performance, but the new measure also made a distinct contribution, beyond conscientiousness, to this prediction.
authors.affiliation: University College London, UK. beth.neustadt@neustatus.com
authors.forename: Elizabeth A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Neustadt
authors.forename: Tomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chamorro-Premuzic
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furnham
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D056348:Emotional Intelligence; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009769:Object Attachment; D010551:Personality; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom