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The Interactive Role of Negative Affectivity and Job Characteristics: Are High‐NA Employees Destined to Be Unhappy at Work? 1
Author(s) -
Hochwarter Wayne A.,
Zellars Kelly L.,
Perrewè Pamela L.,
Harrison Allison W.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb02302.x
Subject(s) - negative affectivity , psychology , positive affectivity , job satisfaction , scope (computer science) , social psychology , job attitude , perception , work (physics) , applied psychology , job performance , personality , mechanical engineering , engineering , neuroscience , computer science , programming language
The present study examined whether employees high in negative affectivity (NA) are destined to be unhappy at work. Managerial employees provided information regarding perceptions of job characteristics, negative affectivity (NA), job satisfaction, and intentions to turnover. Using hierarchical regression, our findings suggest that employees who reported being high NA were more reactive to the environmental cues of perceived job scope. Specifically, NA interacted with job scope such that individuals high in NA who perceived their jobs as being higher (lower) in scope reported more (less) job satisfaction than did individuals low in NA. Implications for organizations and future research directions are discussed.