Revisiting the Link between Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Basic Psychological Needs
The link between job satisfaction and life satisfaction has been extensively explored in the relevant literature. However, the great majority of past research has been carried out using cross-sectional analyses, and almost exclusively in the Western world. Moreover, the underlying psychological mech...
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doaj-eae118971d38449591f0acedb57dc08c2020-11-24T23:01:07ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782017-05-01810.3389/fpsyg.2017.00680239579Revisiting the Link between Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Basic Psychological NeedsWenceslao Unanue0Marcos E. Gómez1Diego Cortez2Juan C. Oyanedel3Andrés Mendiburo-Seguel4Business School, Universidad Adolfo IbáñezSantiago, ChileBusiness School, Universidad Adolfo IbáñezSantiago, ChileSchool of Psychology, Universidad Adolfo IbáñezSantiago, ChileFacultad de Educación, Universidad Andres BelloSantiago, ChileFacultad de Educación, Universidad Andres BelloSantiago, ChileThe link between job satisfaction and life satisfaction has been extensively explored in the relevant literature. However, the great majority of past research has been carried out using cross-sectional analyses, and almost exclusively in the Western world. Moreover, the underlying psychological mechanisms explaining the link are not yet completely understood. Thus, we report the first research to date which uses both cross-sectional and longitudinal data among workers in Chile—a fast-developing Latin American economy—and which aims to tackle previous limitations. Three studies consistently support a positive link between the constructs. Study 1 (N = 636) found that higher job satisfaction predicted higher life satisfaction both contemporaneously and longitudinally, and vice versa, above and beyond several key control variables. Study 2 (N = 725) and Study 3 (N = 703) replicated Study 1 results, but tested for the first time the role of satisfaction of basic psychological needs (as stated by self-determination theory) in the job–life satisfaction link. This is the most novel contribution of our paper. Key implications not only for individual quality of life, but also for companies' human resource practices emerge from our findings.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00680/fulljob satisfactionlife satisfactionneed satisfactionself-determination theorylongitudinal analysesChile |
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Wenceslao Unanue Marcos E. Gómez Diego Cortez Juan C. Oyanedel Andrés Mendiburo-Seguel Revisiting the Link between Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Basic Psychological Needs Frontiers in Psychology job satisfaction life satisfaction need satisfaction self-determination theory longitudinal analyses Chile |
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Revisiting the Link between Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Basic Psychological Needs |
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Revisiting the Link between Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Basic Psychological Needs |
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revisiting the link between job satisfaction and life satisfaction: the role of basic psychological needs |
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The link between job satisfaction and life satisfaction has been extensively explored in the relevant literature. However, the great majority of past research has been carried out using cross-sectional analyses, and almost exclusively in the Western world. Moreover, the underlying psychological mechanisms explaining the link are not yet completely understood. Thus, we report the first research to date which uses both cross-sectional and longitudinal data among workers in Chile—a fast-developing Latin American economy—and which aims to tackle previous limitations. Three studies consistently support a positive link between the constructs. Study 1 (N = 636) found that higher job satisfaction predicted higher life satisfaction both contemporaneously and longitudinally, and vice versa, above and beyond several key control variables. Study 2 (N = 725) and Study 3 (N = 703) replicated Study 1 results, but tested for the first time the role of satisfaction of basic psychological needs (as stated by self-determination theory) in the job–life satisfaction link. This is the most novel contribution of our paper. Key implications not only for individual quality of life, but also for companies' human resource practices emerge from our findings. |
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