Personality and job satisfaction: The mediating role of job characteristics.
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This study tested a model of the relationship between core self-evaluations, intrinsic job characteristics, and job satisfaction. Core self-evaluations was assumed to be a broad personality concept manifested in 4 specific traits: self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy, locus of control, and low neuroticism. The model hypothesized that both subjective (perceived) job characteristics and job complexity mediate the relationship between core self-evaluations and job satisfaction. Two studies were conducted to test the model. Results from Study 1 supported the hypothesized model but also suggested that alternative models fit the data well. Results from Study 2 revealed that core self-evaluations measured in childhood and in early adulthood were linked to job satisfaction measured in middle adulthood. Furthermore, in Study 2 job complexity mediated part of the relationship between both assessments of core self-evaluations and job satisfaction.
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The updated five-item version of Brayfield and Rothe's (1951) Index of Job Satisfaction has been found reliable in past literature and is widely used in job satisfaction research.
“This shortened version has been found to be reliable in past literature and it is widely used in job satisfaction research (e.g., Judge et al., 2000).”
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“This shortened version has been found to be reliable in past literature and it is widely used in job satisfaction research (e.g., Judge et al., 2000).”
- Authors
- Judge, T. A., Bono, J. E., & Locke, E. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Iowa (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Psychology
- Published
- 2000
- Volume
- 85
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 237-249
- ISSN
- 0021-9010 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1854
- OpenAlex
- W2112763287
- Cited by
- 1,142
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 30.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Applied Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Keywords
- core self-evaluation, job satisfaction, job characteristics, job complexity, self-esteem, general self-efficacy, locus of control, neuroticism, personality traits, mediation, life course development
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Analysis of Variance, California, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Models, Psychological, Personality, Personality Development, Midwestern United States
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