The Skills that help Employees Adapt

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Oscar Ybarra, University of Illinois; University of Michigan

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Project Citation: 

Ybarra, Oscar. The Skills that help Employees Adapt. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-05-05. https://doi.org/10.3886/E169801V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary A critical resource for individuals to be adaptive are broad skills relevant to varied organizational conditions. These adaptive skills have been discussed in diverse venues but rarely in the organizational literature. Also, most, if not all, of extant conceptual frameworks related to adaptive skills remain unvalidated. The purpose of this research was to organize these skills, define and situate them in the relevant organizational and psychological literatures, and empirically test the proposed four-category framework.



Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms skills; organizational behavior; adaptation
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage USA
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 2/10/2021 – 5/12/2021
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 2/10/2021 – 5/12/2021
Universe:  View help for Universe Participants recruited in Prolific (USA).
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) experimental data; survey data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes
Participants were told they would be presented with different skills that any person can possess, and that they would be asked questions about the different skills. They were then given a brief description of the four superordinate categories (Studies 1 & 2) and an additional three superordinate domains (Study 2) they would use to judge each skill. Participants were then presented with the 24 skills and associated definitions, one at a time. The skills themselves were presented in one random order with the constraint that a skill from each of the four categories be presented in each of six blocks. The skills when presented were not labeled. After reading through each skill and its definition, participants then judged how well the skill fit the description of each of the superordinate categories/domains.

Methodology

Response Rate:  View help for Response Rate 94% in Study 1; 86% in Study 2
Sampling:  View help for Sampling Convenience using responses from individuals on Prolific.
Data Source:  View help for Data Source Primary from prolific.
Collection Mode(s):  View help for Collection Mode(s) web-based survey
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individual

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