Abstract

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the job performance as psychological construct. The paper reviews the literature concerning the frame of job performance and the specific aspect of adaptive performance on the workplace. After the introduction of primary theoretical frames about the domain of job performance, we proceed to describe the notion of adaptive performance and the main related models. Afterwards, referring to the most recent studies, we analyze several variables and perspective of future research. In conclusion we suggest a reference frame based on adaptation of work analysis model developed by Leplat e Cuny (1984).