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Testing causal models of job characteristics and employee well‐being: A replication study using cross‐lagged structural equation modelling
Author(s) -
Doest Laura,
Jonge Jan
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of occupational and organizational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0963-1798
DOI - 10.1348/096317905x55271
Subject(s) - causation , psychology , job satisfaction , social psychology , causality (physics) , autonomy , structural equation modeling , stressor , occupational stress , replication (statistics) , causal model , person–environment fit , emotional exhaustion , developmental psychology , econometrics , statistics , clinical psychology , burnout , mathematics , epistemology , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , law , philosophy
This study re‐evaluated causal relationships between job characteristics (demands, autonomy, social support) and employee well‐being (job satisfaction, emotional exhaustion) in a methodological replication of De Jonge et al. 's (2001) two‐wave panel study. The principal difference was the 2‐year time lag between measurements in this study versus a 1‐year time lag in the original study. Three competing causal models were compared: regular causation (job characteristics influence well‐being); reverse causation (well‐being influences job characteristics); and reciprocal causation (combining regular and reverse causation). As in the original study, regular causation offered the best account. Regarding specific longitudinal paths there were some between‐study differences, which are considered in relation to exposure‐time models of stressor‐strain relations.