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James A. Tan
Researcher at St. Cloud State University
Publications - 18
Citations - 950
James A. Tan is an academic researcher from St. Cloud State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Job performance & Job attitude. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 18 publications receiving 823 citations. Previous affiliations of James A. Tan include University of Wisconsin–Stout.
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Core Self-Evaluations: A Review and Evaluation of the Literature
TL;DR: In this article, the authors review 15 years of core self-evaluation (CSE) theory and research, focusing in particular on the outcomes, mediators, and moderators of CSE via qualitative and quantitative literature reviews.
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When is success not satisfying? Integrating regulatory focus and approach/avoidance motivation theories to explain the relation between core self-evaluation and job satisfaction
D. Lance Ferris,Russell E. Johnson,Christopher C. Rosen,Emilija Djurdjevic,Chu-Hsiang Daisy Chang,James A. Tan +5 more
TL;DR: It is found that the results from two studies indicated that the interaction of workplace success and avoidance motivation orientation mediated relations of CSE with job satisfaction.
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The role of employee reactions in predicting training effectiveness
TL;DR: In this article, the authors proposed that distinguishing between affective and cognitive employee reactions may improve the prediction of trainee learning and found that negative affective reactions best predicted employee learning.
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Goal orientation and organizational commitment: Individual difference predictors of job performance
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined goal orientation and organizational commitment in relation to employees' job attitudes and performance in a hospital and investigated the effects of mastery and performance goals on different facets of organizational commitment and how these effects impact individuals' job outcomes.
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The effects of social desirability bias on applied measures of goal orientation
James A. Tan,Rosalie J. Hall +1 more
TL;DR: The authors examined the extent to which social desirability responding influences two measures of goal orientation tailored to work (VandeWalle, 1997) and academic (Midgley et al., 1998) domains.