Error orientation at work: Dimensionality and relationships with errors and organizational cultural factors

Farnese, Maria Luisa, Fida, Roberta ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6733-461X and Picoco, Michele (2022) Error orientation at work: Dimensionality and relationships with errors and organizational cultural factors. Current Psychology, 41 (2). pp. 970-989. ISSN 1046-1310

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Abstract

Making errors represents a stressful event, and the way errors are dealt with are significantly influenced by individuals’ error orientation. Drawing on the stress literature, scholars have identified several dimensions underpinning error orientation construct. Nevertheless, empirical studies have overlooked the construct complexity and do not provide clear theoretical anchors for its operationalization. This study aims to contribute to the error orientation literature by proposing and empirically testing a theoretical framework that integrates stress and attitude theories, on a sample of 443 employees. Specifically, we examined the error orientation facets’ relationships with both two Hofstede’s cultural factors (i.e., power distance and uncertainty avoidance) and work errors (i.e., slips/lapses and mistakes types). Findings from the test of alternative models and from a structural equation model showed the uniqueness of each facet, also in relation to additional study variables, supporting the relevance of adopting this twofold theoretical framework in order to better understand the nature of each facet.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Funding Information: We thank the anonymous reviewers for their careful reading of our manuscript and their many insightful comments and suggestions. Publisher Copyright: © 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Uncontrolled Keywords: behavior,engagement,error orientation,errors,goal orientation,hofstede,impact,management,mediating role,motivation,nurse,performance,power distance culture,safety climate,uncertainty avoidance culture
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
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Date Deposited: 19 Feb 2020 07:55
Last Modified: 22 Oct 2022 05:51
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/74251
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-020-00639-x

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