Pedro Antonio Díaz-Fúnez

University of Almería | UAL · Department of Psychology

Esta investigación tuvo como objetivo analizar el efecto positivo de la disposición al cambio en sus tres dimensiones (individual, grupal, y organizacional), sobre la generación de recursos personales en los empleados y su percepción balance entre el trabajo y su vida. Los participantes fueron 320 empleados de diferentes empresas de Colombia y Espa...

When analyzing occupational safety factors, a human factor is associated with 80–90% of incidents and accidents that occur. Controlling this factor is essential when it comes to creating healthy and safe organizations. Personality traits have shown great relevance when understanding the behavior of safety or self-protection in the workplace, affect...

Introduction The motivation process from personal resources to commitment of administrative employees is still little studied. This article uses the Job Demands-Resources model to investigate how the multiplicative effect of personal resources and a goal-oriented climate among public employees influences their satisfaction and engagement at work. S...

Introduction: The motivation process from personal resources to commitment of administrative employees is still little studied. This article uses the Job Demands-Resources model to investigate how the multiplicative effect of personal resources and a goal-oriented climate among public employees influences their satisfaction and engagement at work....

Using the Job Demand-Resource theory as a framework, this study deepens the knowledge of the process and consequences of a mindfulness intervention on the perception of burnout in public administration employees. This mindfulness intervention was developed with an intervention group and a control group, where a pretest and post-test measurement of...

El Capital Psicológico se define como un estado de desarrollo psicológico positivo del ser humano caracterizado por 1) Tener confianza (autoeficacia) para realizar los esfuerzos que sean necesarios con el fin de alcanzar el éxito en tareas retadoras; 2) Hacer atribuciones de causalidad positivas (optimismo) acerca de los sucesos presentes y futuros...

Introduction In recent years, job crafting has greatly interested Work and Organizational Psychology. Different research studies have shown its positive impact on people and organizational performance. However, it knows little about the differential effect of the two dimensions that make up this variable (prevention-focused and promotion-focused) a...

El capital psicológico se define como un estado de desarrollo psicológico positivo del ser humano. Este capítulo aborda el debate sobre la capacidad del capital psicológico como estado o como rasgo; las implicaciones de ser conceptualizado como constructo de segundo orden; las principales teorías de sustento del capital psicológico: la Teoría de la...

The perception of interpersonal justice is one of the key resources for improving employees’ performance intention. Elements such as employees’ level of satisfaction or their self-perception of their ability to cope with problematic situations are key factors in this relationship according to the job demands-resources model. The objective of this s...

Job demands are factors that are associated with a physical and psychological cost when it comes to coping with them, but which can also positively affect the motivational process. Demands such as overload, defined as an excessive workload, have not presented positive results in any of the studies that have related it to employee engagement. The pr...

The assumption of new challenges and services to provide, and the evolution of new technologies in public administration, give employees an important perception of ambiguity when carrying out their work. Role ambiguity has been conceptualized as one of the main impeding demands at work with negative consequences. The objective of the present study...

(1) Background: The objective of this manuscript is to propose the necessity of job demands to ensure the positive influence of policies in stimulating employees’ engagement and performance. If the policies related to the intellectual stimulation of employees implemented by team leaders are to have positive effects on employee performance, they mus...

Most previous research has shown the negative influence of role ambiguity on employes’ motivational process. This has led to role ambiguity being perceived as a main hindrance demand in the workplace, with a negative effect on the Job Demands Resources (JD-R) model’s motivational process. Recent theories propose that job demands can be perceived by...

Most previous research has shown the negative influence of role ambiguity on employes’ motivational process. This has led to role ambiguity being perceived as a main hindrance demand in the workplace, with a negative effect on the Job Demands Resources (JD-R) model’s motivational process. Recent theories propose that job demands can be perceived by...

Most previous research has shown the negative influence of role ambiguity on employes’ motivational process. This has led to role ambiguity being perceived as a main hindrance demand in the workplace, with a negative effect on the Job Demands Resources (JD-R) model’s motivational process. Recent theories propose that job demands can be perceived by...

This article shows the results of two processes that corresponded to exploratory and confirmatory analyses of the Questionnaire to Evaluate the Disposition towards Organizational Change (CEDCO). The overall sample consisted of 1554 people. The first process considered 489 participants, and provided evidence of the multidimensionality of the test on...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to test a positive spiral of self-efficacy among public employees. The spiral proposes that self-efficacy is positively related to extra-role behaviors. These behaviors in turn are positively related to subsequent self-efficacy. Design/methodology/approach A total of 260 public employees participated in three w...

Transformational leadership is the key to achieving excellent organizational outcomes. Some authors point out that the existence of a transformational leader reduces the likelihood that their employees leave the company. In addition, the intention of abandonment is also reduced when there is a high affective commitment. In this sense, the goal of o...

The Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model is an integrative theoretical framework for monitoring workplaces with the aim to increase job engagement and prevent burnout. This framework is of great interest since the management of job resources and demands can negatively affect employees, especially in organisational contexts characterised by high job d...

The global economic recession is relevant in public administration, especially in terms of the human factor. If we pretend to empower people as a resource, a key aspect is the perception of equity in their relationships. Previous research has shown how a positive shared interpersonal justice climate (IJC) in a work team impacts employee well-being,...

In the absence of clearly established procedures in the workplace, employees will experience a negative affective state. This situation influences their well-being and their intention to behave in ways that benefit the organization beyond their job demands. This impact is more relevant on teamwork where members share the perception of ambiguity thr...

The aim of this study was to examine the mediating effect of role ambiguity on the relationship between climate and job satisfaction in local public administration. Taking the job demands-resources model (JD-R) as the starting point, a multilevel mediation analysis was used to determine the influence of the different services within the sample. The...

Este trabajo analiza el papel que ejerce el clima organizacional como elemento modulador entre la comunicación de funciones directivas y el conflicto de rol. En el presente estudio han participado 315 trabajadores de cooperativas hortofrutícolas almerienses. Los resultados generales mostraron que el clima es un elemento modulador de la relación ent...

This study aimed to examine the mediating effect of job satisfaction in the relationship between role ambiguity and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) according to the “HEalthy and Resilient Organization” model in two local corporations.. A multilevel analysis of mediation was employed to examine the relationship between these variables, con...

El concepto de organización informal tiene orígenes en las observaciones de Elton Mayo en la fábrica Hawthorne Works de la Western Electric Company, realizadas entre 1924 y 1933. Este aporte, esencial para la escuela de las relaciones humanas, evolucionó y se integró a la teoría de la organización. Esta investigación revisa la literatura relevante...

The aim of this paper is to determine the relationship between climate and job satisfaction in the context of a public university. Data were collected from 318 administrative and technical employees. Multilevel analyses were conducted to test the cross level effects of climate −occurring at a level of administrative areas− and individual job satisf...

We study the influence of communication in leadership on workerś commitment in different teams in Public Administration. The sample of this study was 355 employees of Public Administration. The communication in leadership was evaluated with scale of Peiró and González-Roma (1994) (Cronbach's alpha of 0.89) and scale of O'Reilly and Chatman (1986) t...