ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Organizational Psychology
Volume 16 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1616092
Linking Proactive Personality to Successful Aging at Work: A Moderated Mediation Model
Provisionally accepted
- 1School of Medicine and Health Management, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
- 2Shenzhen Health Development Research and Data Management Center, Shenzhen, China, Shenzhen, China
- 3Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
- 4School of public health and nursing, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, China, Xianning, China
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Using lifespan development theory, we explored how proactive personality influences successful aging at work among older physicians in public hospitals. Job crafting as a mediator and perceived organizational support as a moderator in this relationship. A moderated mediation model was developed and tested on a sample of 472 older physicians in 13 public hospitals in China.Hierarchical regression analysis was employed to test the study hypotheses. Regression analysis revealed a positive association between proactive personality and successful aging at work, with job crafting serving as a positive mediator in this relationship. Perceived organizational support moderated the indirect effect of proactive personality on successful aging at work via job crafting.Older physicians perceive higher level of organization support, the indirect effect was stronger. Our study makes important contributions to the extant literature by indicating whether, how, and when proactive personality has an effect on successful aging at work of older physicians. By the personality traits of older physicians, organizations should offer targeted guidance and training to help them adjust their roles and facilitate their adaptation to changes in the workplace.
Keywords: Proactive personality1, Successful aging at work2, Job crafting3, Organization support4, Lifespan development theory5
Received: 22 Apr 2025; Accepted: 17 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhuo, Wu, Cong and Bao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Xinyu Bao, School of public health and nursing, Hubei University of Science and Technology, Xianning, China, Xianning, China
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