John Bowlby's Evolutionary Theory Of Attachment

In his evolutionary theory of attachment, originator John Bowlby, dictates that infants are born with an innate ability to form attachments with caregivers as a survival tactic. His research and findings rejected the previously conceived notion that humans are motivated by inborn drives and that children become connected to parents because of the tangible benefits provided by the parent. In contrast, Bowlby proposed that human motivation is generated by an intuitive behavioral system that facilitates one’s survival; in terms of a child’s basic need for affection, security, and protection. Although Bowlby takes a psychoanalytic approach to his theory, he also focuses on parent-child interactions and the ways in which cognitive residues of

Researchers from Colorado State University and University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, took this notion a step further and examined the relationship between attachment orientation and job performance and satisfaction (2107). In this study, researchers analyze psychological availability and safety utilizing the framework from attachment theory. The article includes information collected from the self-surveys of two field studies. The first study focused on the hypothesis that one’s attachment directly influences engagement at work (2017). The second field study examined whether one’s psychological availability and safety affects work engagement (2017). These studies deduced that insecure attachments were, in fact, associated with a lower level of psychological availability and engagement in work activities. Ultimately, the research concludes that attachment has the potential to directly affect job performance, job satisfaction and job involvement (2017). The data accumulated by the researchers at the University of Colorado State and the University of St. Thomas, highlights the substantial influence attachment security has in regard to one’s career