viernes, 8 de junio de 2012

Nueva publicación / New paper

Ya tenemos aquí la última publicación derivada de la tesis de Lucía Ceja. En ella hemos puesto a prueba cómo un modelo de catástrofe cúspide explica significativamente mejor el ajuste entre reto y habilidades como determinante de las experiencias de flujo que no sus homólogo modelo lineal. Puede servir de modelo para aplicar a otros ámbitos. Además la suposición del salto cualitativo que supone entrar en flow (o salir de él) queda ahora evidenciada.


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Here we are the last publication derived of Lucia Ceja's doctoral thesis. We have tested how a cusp catastrophe model explains significantly better the fit between challenge and skill as a determinant of flow experiences than their counterpart linear model. This publicatio can serve as a model to apply to other areas. Moreover, the assumption of the qualitative leap that means entering flow (or exit) is now evidenced.

Abstract

Work-related flow is defined as a sudden and enjoyable merging of action and awareness that represents a peak experience in the daily lives of workers. Employees’ perceptions of challenge and skill and their subjective experiences in terms of enjoyment, interest and absorption were measured using the experience sampling method, yielding a total of 6981 observations from a sample of 60 employees. Linear and nonlinear approaches were applied in order to model both continuous and sudden changes. According to the R2, AICc and BIC indexes, the nonlinear dynamical systems model (i.e. cusp catastrophe model) fit the data better than the linear and logistic regression models. Likewise, the cusp catastrophe model appears to be especially powerful for modelling those cases of high levels of flow. Overall, flow represents a nonequilibrium condition that combines continuous and abrupt changes across time. Research and intervention efforts concerned with this process should focus on the variable of challenge, which, according to our study, appears to play a key role in the abrupt changes observed in work-related flow.


http://hum.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/06/06/0018726712447116.full.pdf+html