Predicting Adaptive Performance: Further Tests of a Model of Adaptability

Building and Sustaining Proactive Behaviors: The Role of Adaptivity and Job Satisfaction

“…Although proactivity is also likely to create resources (Bolino, Valcea, & Harvey, 2010;Tims, Bakker, & Derks, 2013), individuals are likely to be able to adapt to change without necessarily having initiated change themselves at an earlier stage of the organizational change. Research on the antecedents of adaptivity has primarily highlighted the importance of relatively stable individual differences such as cognitive ability and achievement motivation (Pulakos et al, 2002) or a positive self-concept and tolerance of risk (Judge et al, 1999). While individuals should respond more positively to change if they have successfully adapted to change in the past (Axtell et al, 2002;Pulakos et al, 2002), adaptivity does not necessarily require resources that can only be acquired through proactivity.…”

Assessing Competencies and Proficiency of Army Intelligence Analysts Across the Career Life Cycle

“…Pulakos and a different mix of colleagues subsequently revised the Job Adaptability Inventory (Pulakos, Schmitt, et al, 2002); in the revised measure, respondents rate the frequency of performing adaptive behaviors, their self-efficacy for adaptability behaviors, and their interest in working in situations requiring adaptive performance. Analyses in both studies (which include data collected from Army personnel) confirmed that adaptive performance can be characterized by the eight dimensions of adaptive performance proposed in Pulakos, Arad, et al, 2000.…”

“…The survey consisted of 24 tasks for SL 1, 21 tasks for SL 2, and 26 tasks for SL 3 analysts. We based questions about each task in part on the format used in Pulakos, Schmitt, et al, 2002. Analysts rated their familiarity with each task, the frequency of performing the task on the job, and perceived proficiency or self-efficacy for performing the task.…”

Employee Maintenance: Examining Employment Relationships from the Perspective of Managerial Leaders

“…341À342). Gratifyingly, evidence suggests that many employees do, in fact, assume responsibility for adapting their behavior in response to environmental demands (e.g., gaining familiarity with new technologies and procedures, developing the expertise to handle crises; see Pulakos et al, 2002). These ideas are reflected in contemporary theories of work design, which emphasize employee proactivity À behavior that involves crafting the content of work and the means by which tasks are performed (Grant & Parker, 2009).…”