A Closer Look at the Challenge-Skills Relationship and its Effect in the Flow Experience: An Intra- and Inter- Participant Analysis

A debate has taken place on the relationship between challenge and skills as the universal precondition of flow. Flow’s precursor, Csikszentmihalyi, states that these two constructs are independent, while other scholars state the opposite. This research aims to better understand this relationship an...

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Autores: Reuteler-Maggio, Daniela, Ceja, Lucía, Navarro Cid, José
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Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
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Palabra clave:Motivació del personal
Motivació (Psicologia)
Satisfacció en el treball
Employee motivation
Motivation (Psychology)
Job satisfaction
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spelling A Closer Look at the Challenge-Skills Relationship and its Effect in the Flow Experience: An Intra- and Inter- Participant AnalysisReuteler-Maggio, DanielaCeja, LucíaNavarro Cid, JoséMotivació del personalMotivació (Psicologia)Satisfacció en el treballEmployee motivationMotivation (Psychology)Job satisfactionA debate has taken place on the relationship between challenge and skills as the universal precondition of flow. Flow’s precursor, Csikszentmihalyi, states that these two constructs are independent, while other scholars state the opposite. This research aims to better understand this relationship and explore its effect on the flow experience. As flow is considered a nonergodic and nonlinear process, we will base our analysis on an intra-individual level and then shift to an inter-individual level. The database consisted of 3,630 registers collected from a sample of 60 employees. At an intra-individual level, we observed the nature of the challenge- skills relationship classifying the participants according to the direction of these relationships (positive, negative, or nonsignificant correlation). At the inter-individual level, we explored the effect that the three groups had on the flow experience. We also examined nonlinear relationships (cusp modeling) among challenge, skills, and flow. The results showed that the challenge-skills relationship is not homogeneous between individuals. Flow theory is represented by the positive correlation group, but this pattern is the least frequent (21,6% of the cases) in our sample. Finally, the results showed that the nonlinear models fit the data better (R2 nonlinear = .48, R2 linear = .35, p < .01).Springer Verlag2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/216363Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Social i Psicologia Quantitativa)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://www.societyforchaostheory.org/ndpls/askFILE.cgi?vol=28&iss=04&art=05&desc=ABSTRACTNonlinear Dynamics Psychology and Life Sciences, 2024, vol. 28, num.4, p. 511-532(c) Springer Verlag, 2024info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/2163632026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title A Closer Look at the Challenge-Skills Relationship and its Effect in the Flow Experience: An Intra- and Inter- Participant Analysis
spellingShingle A Closer Look at the Challenge-Skills Relationship and its Effect in the Flow Experience: An Intra- and Inter- Participant Analysis
Reuteler-Maggio, Daniela
Motivació del personal
Motivació (Psicologia)
Satisfacció en el treball
Employee motivation
Motivation (Psychology)
Job satisfaction
title_short A Closer Look at the Challenge-Skills Relationship and its Effect in the Flow Experience: An Intra- and Inter- Participant Analysis
title_full A Closer Look at the Challenge-Skills Relationship and its Effect in the Flow Experience: An Intra- and Inter- Participant Analysis
title_fullStr A Closer Look at the Challenge-Skills Relationship and its Effect in the Flow Experience: An Intra- and Inter- Participant Analysis
title_full_unstemmed A Closer Look at the Challenge-Skills Relationship and its Effect in the Flow Experience: An Intra- and Inter- Participant Analysis
title_sort A Closer Look at the Challenge-Skills Relationship and its Effect in the Flow Experience: An Intra- and Inter- Participant Analysis
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Reuteler-Maggio, Daniela
Ceja, Lucía
Navarro Cid, José
author Reuteler-Maggio, Daniela
author_facet Reuteler-Maggio, Daniela
Ceja, Lucía
Navarro Cid, José
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Navarro Cid, José
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Motivació del personal
Motivació (Psicologia)
Satisfacció en el treball
Employee motivation
Motivation (Psychology)
Job satisfaction
topic Motivació del personal
Motivació (Psicologia)
Satisfacció en el treball
Employee motivation
Motivation (Psychology)
Job satisfaction
description A debate has taken place on the relationship between challenge and skills as the universal precondition of flow. Flow’s precursor, Csikszentmihalyi, states that these two constructs are independent, while other scholars state the opposite. This research aims to better understand this relationship and explore its effect on the flow experience. As flow is considered a nonergodic and nonlinear process, we will base our analysis on an intra-individual level and then shift to an inter-individual level. The database consisted of 3,630 registers collected from a sample of 60 employees. At an intra-individual level, we observed the nature of the challenge- skills relationship classifying the participants according to the direction of these relationships (positive, negative, or nonsignificant correlation). At the inter-individual level, we explored the effect that the three groups had on the flow experience. We also examined nonlinear relationships (cusp modeling) among challenge, skills, and flow. The results showed that the challenge-skills relationship is not homogeneous between individuals. Flow theory is represented by the positive correlation group, but this pattern is the least frequent (21,6% of the cases) in our sample. Finally, the results showed that the nonlinear models fit the data better (R2 nonlinear = .48, R2 linear = .35, p < .01).
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