dc.contributor |
Universitat de Barcelona |
dc.contributor.author |
Bricteux, Céline |
dc.contributor.author |
Navarro Cid, José |
dc.contributor.author |
Ceja, Lucía |
dc.contributor.author |
Fuerst, Guillaume |
dc.date |
2017-12-12T12:32:02Z |
dc.date |
2017-12-12T12:32:02Z |
dc.date |
2016-05-20 |
dc.date |
2017-12-12T12:32:02Z |
dc.identifier.citation |
1389-4978 |
dc.identifier.citation |
662383 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2445/118632 |
dc.format |
application/pdf |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.publisher |
Springer Science + Business Media |
dc.relation |
Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-016-9755-8 |
dc.relation |
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2016 |
dc.relation |
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10902-016-9755-8 |
dc.rights |
(c) Springer Science + Business Media, 2016 |
dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
dc.subject |
Motivació (Psicologia) |
dc.subject |
Psicometria |
dc.subject |
Models no lineals (Estadística) |
dc.subject |
Interès (Psicologia) |
dc.subject |
Motivation (Psychology) |
dc.subject |
Psychometrics |
dc.subject |
Nonlinear models (Statistics) |
dc.subject |
Interest (Psychology) |
dc.title |
Interest as a Moderator in the Relationship Between Challenge/Skills Balance and Flow at Work: An Analysis at Within-Individual Level |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion |
dc.description.abstract |
Considering flow as a non-ergodic process (i.e. non-homogeneous across indi- viduals and non-stationary over time) that happens at the within-individual level, in this research we work with Bakker's model that propose flow as made up by three components: intrinsic motivation, enjoyment, and absorption. Taking into account that flow theory can be considered as an intrinsic motivation theory, and the recent proposals about the need to distinguish between pre-conditions of flow and the flow experience itself, we look at interest as a moderator between the challenge/skills balance and the experience of flow, rather than a component of the flow experience. A total of 3640 recordings were collected from a sample of 58 workers using an experience sampling method (several registers a day, during 21 working days). The data was analyzed using regression techniques in each participant (i.e. at within-individual level). Our work tries to respond to the following two research questions: Will interest play a moderating role in the relationship between challenge/skills balance and flow? Will a non-linear model (cusp catastrophe model) better explain the relationship among challenge/skills balance, interest, and flow? The results suggest that our hypotheses were correct: including interest as moderator better explains the relationship between challenge/skills balance and flow in comparison to a model without moderation (R 2 values change from 0.33 to 0.50). Additionally, carrying out the analysis following non-linear techniques explained more variance as well (R 2 = 0.67), and this increment was significant. These results support the idea that interest should be considered as a key precondition for the appearance of flow, and this relationship is non- linear. We could say that these findings are exemplary in the field and brings up questions for their application in further research. |