The Relationships among Proactive Personality, Work Engagement, and Perceived Work Competence in Sports Coaches: The Moderating Role of Perceived Supervisor Support
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Job Demands-Resources Model
1.2. Proactive Personality and Perceived Work Competence
1.3. The Mediating Role of Work Engagement
1.4. The Moderating Role of Perceived Supervisor Support
1.5. The Moderated Mediating Effect of Supervisor Support
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants and Procedures
2.2. Measures
2.2.1. Proactive Personality
2.2.2. Work Engagement
2.2.3. Perceived Work Competence
2.2.4. Perceived Supervisor Support
2.2.5. Control Variables
3. Results
3.1. Descriptive Analyses
3.2. Proactive Personality and Perceived Work Competence
3.3. The Mediating Role of Work Engagement
3.4. The Moderating Role of Supervisor Support
3.5. Moderated Mediation Analyses
4. Discussion
4.1. Theoretical and Practical Implications
4.2. Limitations and Future Suggestions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | M | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Sex | - | - | |||||||
2. Age | 39.85 | 9.06 | −0.17 * | ||||||
3. Education level | 2.36 | 0.53 | 0.08 | 0.10 | |||||
4. Tenure | 10.13 | 8.31 | −0.02 | 0.76 * | 0.09 | ||||
5. Proactive personality | 5.90 | 0.78 | −0.02 | 0.02 | −0.06 | 0.04 | |||
6. Work engagement | 5.51 | 1.12 | −0.21 * | 0.25 * | −0.04 | 0.24 * | 0.40 * | ||
7. Perceived work competence | 5.80 | 0.82 | −0.20 * | 0.19 * | −0.00 | 0.19 * | 0.41 * | 0.67 * | |
8. Perceived supervisor support | 5.40 | 1.51 | −0.03 | −0.11 | −0.13 * | −0.10 | 0.20 * | 0.34 * | 0.22 * |
Variable | Work Engagement | Perceived Work Competence | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | |
Sex | −0.19 * | −0.18 * | −0.19 * | −0.19 * | −0.07 | −0.08 |
Age | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.03 | 0.04 | −0.02 | −0.01 |
Education level | −0.05 | −0.03 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Tenure | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Proactive personality | 0.38 * | 0.40 * | 0.18 * | |||
Work engagement | 0.65 * | 0.57 * | ||||
R2 | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.08 | 0.23 | 0.45 | 0.48 |
Adj R2 | 0.09 | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.22 | 0.44 | 0.47 |
F | 7.41 * | 16.92 * | 5.30 * | 15.60 * | 41.95 * | 38.82 * |
df | 4, 256 | 5, 255 | 4, 256 | 5, 255 | 5, 255 | 6, 254 |
Variable | Work Engagement | ||
---|---|---|---|
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |
Sex | −0.19 * | −0.17 * | −0.17 * |
Age | 0.08 | 0.12 | 0.12 |
Education level | −0.05 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
Tenure | 0.18 | 0.17 * | 0.17 * |
Proactive personality | 0.33 * | 0.29 * | |
Perceived supervisor support | 0.30 * | 0.30 * | |
Proactive personality × Perceived supervisor support | −0.15 * | ||
R2 | 0.10 * | 0.33 * | 0.35 * |
ΔR2 | 0.23 * | 0.02 * |
Variable | Perceived Work Competence | ||
---|---|---|---|
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |
Sex | −0.19 * | −0.07 | −0.07 |
Age | 0.03 | −0.02 | −0.02 |
Education level | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.03 |
Tenure | 0.17 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
Work engagement | 0.65 * | 0.69 * | |
Perceived supervisor support | 0.00 | 0.01 | |
Work engagement × Perceived supervisor support | 0.11* | ||
R2 | 0.08 * | 0.45 * | 0.46 * |
ΔR2 | 0.38 * | 0.01 * |
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Lin, S.-H.; Lu, W.-C.; Chen, Y.-C.; Wu, M.-H. The Relationships among Proactive Personality, Work Engagement, and Perceived Work Competence in Sports Coaches: The Moderating Role of Perceived Supervisor Support. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 12707. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912707
Lin S-H, Lu W-C, Chen Y-C, Wu M-H. The Relationships among Proactive Personality, Work Engagement, and Perceived Work Competence in Sports Coaches: The Moderating Role of Perceived Supervisor Support. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(19):12707. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912707
Chicago/Turabian StyleLin, Shin-Huei, Wan-Chen Lu, Yi-Chieh Chen, and Ming-Han Wu. 2022. "The Relationships among Proactive Personality, Work Engagement, and Perceived Work Competence in Sports Coaches: The Moderating Role of Perceived Supervisor Support" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 19: 12707. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912707