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The Interactive Effects of Positive Affect and a Sense of Competency on the Politics Perceptions‐Job Satisfaction Relationship
Author(s) -
James Matrecia,
Treadway Darren C.,
Conner Deondra,
Hochwarter Wayne A.
Publication year - 2005
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.1559-1816.2005.tb02147.x
Subject(s) - moderation , affect (linguistics) , psychology , perception , job satisfaction , social psychology , politics , political science , communication , neuroscience , law
Previous research has examined factors capable of moderating the relationship between politics perceptions and work outcomes. What is absent in the literature, however, is an assessment of multiple moderators, which include dispositional and ability factors. In the current study, positive affect (PA) and sense of competency (SOC) were hypothesized to affect the relationship between politics perceptions and job satisfaction. Data gathered from 210 employees provided evidence of moderation. Specifically, the inverse relationship between politics perceptions and job satisfaction was significant for the low PA‐low SOC and low PA‐high SOC subgroups. For individuals possessing high levels of PA and high levels of SOC, the relationship was minimal. These results suggest that having high PA and high SOC may serve to buffer the harmful effects of politics perceptions. Implications, strengths and limitations, and directions for future research are provided.