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A meta‐analytic examination of the relationship between job satisfaction and subjective well‐being
Author(s) -
Bowling Nathan A.,
Eschleman Kevin J.,
Wang Qiang
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.1348/096317909x478557
Subject(s) - psychology , job satisfaction , subjective well being , life satisfaction , happiness , social psychology , affect (linguistics) , spillover effect , well being , meta analysis , medicine , communication , economics , psychotherapist , microeconomics
The current meta‐analysis examined the relationship between job satisfaction and subjective well‐being (SWB). Consistent with the spillover hypothesis, we found positive relationships between job satisfaction and life satisfaction, happiness, positive affect, and the absence of negative affect. In addition, an examination of longitudinal studies suggested that the causal relationship from SWB to job satisfaction was stronger than the causal relationship from job satisfaction to SWB.