The relationship between attributional style and destructive responses to job dissatisfaction: an exploratory study of internal migrant workers in China.
This study examines the relationship between attributional style and destructive responses to job dissatisfaction among internal migrant workers in mainland China. Contrary to previous studies conducted in the West, we found that internality of bad events was negatively related to destructive responses to job dissatisfaction. Stability and globality were positively related to destructive responses to job dissatisfaction. We suggest that the concept of interdependent self-construal may explain the unique positive meaning of internality of bad events among Chinese migrant workers. The practical significance of the findings is discussed.
Department of Management, City University of Hong Kong , Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Siu-On
SO
Kwan
Department of Applied Social Studies, City University of Hong Kong , Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China.
Fu-Keung Daniel
FK
Wong
China; attributional style; internal migrant workers; job dissatisfaction; self-construal