A study of future time perspective and motivation to continue working : A Moderated Mediation Model of use with HR practices and focus on opportunities

• Main Authors: Meng-Chin Wu, 吳孟津
• Other Authors: Wen-Jeng Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zfvj96

碩士 === 國立中央大學 === 人力資源管理研究所在職專班 === 104 === The main purpose of this study is to contribute to our understanding of the mediating and moderating processes through which future time perspective (FTP) is linked with motivation to continue working of aging employees. Drawing on Socioemotional Selectivity theory, the model of this study shows that the effect of future time perspective on motivation to continue working is mediated by levels of employees’ focus on opportunities, while the relationship between future time perspective and focus on opportunities is moderated by perceived job-changed HR practices. The regression analysis results showed that future time perspective was positively related to motivation to continue working, with mediated by focus on opportunities. The results also showed that perceived job-changed HR practices moderated the relationship between future time perspective and focus on opportunities such that this positive relationship was stronger when employees perceived higher lever of job-changed HR practices. Finally, the results of the analysis of moderated mediation showed that for employees with higher level of job-changed HR practices, the indirect effect of future time perspective on motivation to continue working through focus on opportunities was stronger. Implications for practice and directions for future research are discussed.