Psikologika : Jurnal Pemikiran dan Penelitian Psikologi
Vol. 27 No. 1 (2022)

Is Sensation-Seeking Always Bad? The Role of Sensation-Seeking in Predicting Individual Work Role Performance

Margaretha Langen Sekar Lelyana (Faculty of Psychology Universitas Indonesia)
Rury Ervina Siregar (Faculty of Psychology Universitas Indonesia)
Martina Dwi Mustika (Faculty of Psychology Universitas Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Jan 2022

Abstract

Sensation-seeking can be an outcome predictor in an organization when expressed through several social cognitive variables, such as emotional intelligence. Thus, the behavior generated by sensation-seeking can be more functional. The purpose of this study is to identify whether sensation-seeking can be expressed through emotional intelligence to predict individual performance. This study uses a quantitative design with a correlational strategy. The study participants were 167 Indonesian employees from three banking, oil and gas, and mining industries who filled out a questionnaire investigating their sensation-seeking, emotional intelligence, and individual performance. The questionnaires used Work Role Performance Scale and Learning Style Profiler. Data analysis was done by mediation process from Hayes. The results show that sensation-seeking and emotional intelligence directly predicts individual performance. However, indirect effect analysis proves that emotional intelligence cannot express sensation-seeking to predict individual performance. Thus, people who have high level of sensation-seeking not always bad because they can be an active learner also improve their work role performance in organization.

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Psikologika

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Psikologika - Journal of Discourse and Research on Psychology, publishes research and innovative ideas on psychology. Psikologika is published by Department of Psychology, Islamic University of Indonesia. Psikologikan coverage the fields on clinical psychology, educational psychology, developmental ...