The Impact of Core Self-evaluations on Job Satisfaction: The Mediator Role of Career Commitment

Zhang, Jiaxi; Wu, Qiuyun; Miao, Danmin; Yan, Xiaofei; Peng, Jiaxi

doi:10.1007/s11205-013-0328-5

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“…Previous studies, including the current one, found unmet expectation to be negatively related with the affection of employees, such as job involvement, job satisfaction, career commitment, and the capacity to cope with organizational changes. Zhang et al (2014a) also found that occupational commitment could significantly predict job satisfaction (Zhang et al 2014b); we may be able to demonstrate that these three factors are related to each other. The current study expanded previous research endeavors and confirmed that career commitment could partially mediate the influence of unmet commitments on job satisfaction.…”

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“…The following steps were adopted to create the item parcels: first, factor analysis of all items in each variable was calculated to obtain factor loading; next, factor loading of all items was sorted in ascending order; afterward, all the items were assigned to three parcels in proper order according to factor loading (Zhang et al 2014b). The method can obtain almost equal factor loading for each parcel and put several conceptually similar items in one parcel.…”

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How to Make a Newcomer Happy? The Mediating Role of Career Commitment on the Relationship Between Unmet Expectations and Job Satisfaction

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This study focuses on the relationships of unmet expectations to occupational commitment and job satisfaction. The direct and indirect (via occupational commitment) effects of unmet expectations on job satisfaction were investigated in 397 new Chinese employees. For this purpose, structural equation modeling and bootstrap method was used, and fit indices and Chi square values were compared between partially-mediated and fullymediated models. Results confirmed the ubiquity of unmet expectations in newcomers, and confirmatory factor analysis verified its latent structure including unmet prestige, unmet health, and unmet progress. Structural equation modeling and Chi square test indicated the partial mediation of occupational commitment on the relationship between unmet expectations and job satisfaction. Testing the mediating effects using the bootstrap method also revealed a significant path from unmet expectations to job satisfaction through occupational commitment. Findings extended those of prior studies and shed light on the protection of occupational commitment to job satisfaction; these findings provide enlightenment on promoting job satisfaction for new employees in their first few days.

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“…First, the measurement model of the four latent variables was tested to assess the extent of goodness of fit represented by its indicators (Peng et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2014). If index of confirmatory measurement model meets the requirements, then the maximum likelihood estimation would be used to test the structural equation modeling (SEM).…”

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The impact of social support on postpartum depression: The mediator role of self-efficacy

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Jin

2014

J Health Psychol

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This study aimed to investigate the impact of perceived social support on the depression of postpartum women, and mainly focuses on confirming the mediator role of self-efficacy. A total of 427 new mothers from two general hospitals in Beijing accomplished the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, General Self-efficacy Scale, and Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale. The results revealed that both social support and self-efficacy significantly correlate with postpartum depression. Structural equation modeling indicated that self-efficacy partially mediates the relationship between social support and postpartum depression.

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“…The reason for the boot-strapping approach is that the indirect effect estimates which are the products of direct effects may not follow the normal distribution (Zhang et al 2013). Thus, the standard error estimates and confidence intervals calculated based on the assumption of normal distribution will usually be inaccuracy, and it will be powerless for the statistical tests of indirect effect to be assumed on the normal distribution assumption (MacKinnon et al 2004).…”

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The Impacts of Attributional Styles and Dispositional Optimism on Subject Well-Being: A Structural Equation Modelling Analysis

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The current study examined the impact of attributional styles on subjective well-being, with a primary focus on confirmation of the mediator role of dispositional optimism among a sample of 384 college students. Participants completed a questionnaire packet containing life orientation test-revised, Multidimensional-Multiattributional Causality Scale, and Subjective Well-Being Scale. The results revealed that both dispositional optimism and attributional styles were significantly correlated with subjective well-being. Confirmatory factor analysis identified the latent structure of attributional styles in Chinese college students and found out that both positive and negative effort need to exclude from the structure which was different from findings in Western. Structural equation modeling indicated that optimism partially mediated positive attributional styles to subject wellbeing (SWB) and negative attributional styles to SWB. The final model also revealed significant both paths from positive and negative attributional styles to subjective wellbeing through optimism. The findings extended prior researches and shed light on how attributional styles influence subjective well-being; this provides valuable evidence on how to promote subjective well-being in positive psychology.

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The Impact of Core Self-evaluations on Job Satisfaction: The Mediator Role of Career Commitment

Cited by 72 publications

References 39 publications

How to Make a Newcomer Happy? The Mediating Role of Career Commitment on the Relationship Between Unmet Expectations and Job Satisfaction

How to Make a Newcomer Happy? The Mediating Role of Career Commitment on the Relationship Between Unmet Expectations and Job Satisfaction

The impact of social support on postpartum depression: The mediator role of self-efficacy

The Impacts of Attributional Styles and Dispositional Optimism on Subject Well-Being: A Structural Equation Modelling Analysis

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