A meta‐analytic examination of the relationship between job satisfaction and subjective well‐being
verifiedrich profile · Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology · 2010
Bowling, Nathan A.; Eschleman, Kevin J.; Wang, Qiang
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
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employee well being → job satisfaction
Models this article informs
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In the authors’ words
The article’s own abstract.
The current meta‐analysis examined the relationship between job satisfaction and subjective well‐being (SWB). Consistent with the spillover hypothesis, we found positive relationships between job satisfaction and life satisfaction, happiness, positive affect, and the absence of negative affect. In addition, an examination of longitudinal studies suggested that the causal relationship from SWB to job satisfaction was stronger than the causal relationship from job satisfaction to SWB.
What the literature says about it
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supports “Job satisfaction is strongly associated with employee subjective well-being (e.g., Bowling et al., 2010) and job performance (Judge et al., 2001), while individual and collective turnover can cause numerous negative consequences, including increased costs, reduced financial performance, and…”
supports “(3) Though the vast majority of studies have explored the relationship between life satisfaction and job satisfaction [11,12], it remains unclear how employees’ life experience affects their job performance in such areas as customer satisfaction [4].”
supports “Job satisfaction is a major driver of individual subjective well-being, as employees spent much of their daily waking hours in their workplace environment (e.g., Aycan & Berry, 1996; Bowling et al., 2010; Fujishiro & Hoppe, 2020).”
supports “Job satisfaction is a major driver of individual subjective well-being, as employees spent much of their daily waking hours in their workplace environment (e.g., Aycan & Berry, 1996; Bowling et al., 2010; Fujishiro & Hoppe, 2020).”
supports “Job satisfaction is strongly associated with employee subjective well-being (e.g., Bowling et al., 2010) and job performance (Judge et al., 2001), while individual and collective turnover can cause numerous negative consequences, including increased costs, reduced financial performance, and…”
supports “Consequently, while job satisfaction contributes to employee happiness, life satisfaction, and positive affect [34], it also fosters heightened organizational performance and facilitates smoother alignment with organizational objectives [35].”
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