The Affective Underpinnings of Job Perceptions and Attitudes: A Meta-Analytic Review and Integration.
verifiedrich profile · Psychological Bulletin · 2003
Thoresen, Carl J.; Kaplan, Seth A.; Barsky, Adam P.; Warren, Christopher R.; de Chermont, Kelly
How this was studied
A meta-analytic synthesis — it pools many primary studies rather than running a single design, so there is no single-study diagram.
What this article reports
The findings we extracted from this work, normalized into Principia’s relationship form (X → Y). Each feeds the synthesized models below.
negative affect → turnover intention
negative affect → emotional exhaustion
positive affect → job satisfaction
Models this article informs
The meta-analytic priors this article contributes evidence to — its place in the broader synthesis.
negative affect predicts emotional exhaustion
negative affect predicts job satisfaction
negative affect predicts turnover intention
positive affect correlates job satisfaction
positive affect predicts job satisfaction
In the authors’ words
The article’s own abstract.
Using psychometric meta-analysis, the authors present a quantitative and qualitative review (k = 205, total pairwise N = 62,527) of the literature relating trait and state positive affect (PA) and negative affect (NA) to job-related attitudes, including job satisfaction, organizational commitment, turnover intentions, and dimensions of job burnout. Results indicated substantial correlations, ranging in absolute value from -.17 (PA and turnover intentions; NA and personal accomplishment) to.54 (NA and emotional exhaustion). Correlational results largely were consistent across hypothesized and exploratory moderator conditions. Meta-analytic multiple regression results generally supported the unique contribution of each affect to each attitude variable of interest. Implications and suggestions for future research on emotion-related aspects of job attitudes are discussed.
What the literature says about it
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supports “Unsafe and unhealthy work characteristics in the workplace will negatively affect employees’ job satisfaction [4].”
supports “A review shows that negative effect is associated with all dimensions of burnout, but most closely with exhaustion (Thoresen et al., 2003).”
disputes “It has been found through meta-analyses (Kaplan et al., 2009; Ng & Sorensen, 2009; Thoresen et al., 2003) that correlations will be significantly larger for positive affect measures than for negative affect measures when studying positive valence outcomes such as job satisfaction, organizational…”
supports “This conclusion is consistent with the findings of Thoresen et al. (2003) [4], that is, occupational health risk perception, as a negative job perception feature, will negatively affect employees’ job satisfaction.”
Ancillary research
Neighbouring works in the citation graph around this article.
- 10.1002/job.2277
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- 10.3390/ijerph19042111
- 10.1007/s10551-017-3600-9
- 10.1007/s10869-018-9552-y
- 10.1007/s10869-021-09742-7
- 10.1177/10126902241248767
- 10.1177/23409444211002210
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