Longitudinal Relationships Between Core Self-Evaluations and Job Satisfaction

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wu, Chia-Huei; Griffin, Mark A.
• 署名单位: University of Western Australia; University of Western Australia
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0021-9010
• DOI: 10.1037/a0025673
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 331-342
• 关键词: CORE SELF-EVALUATIONS; job satisfaction; personality development; latent growth curve model; correlated trait-correlated method minus one model

摘要

Core self-evaluations (CSE) have been proposed as a static personality trait that influences individuals' work experiences. However, CSE can also be influenced by work experiences. Based on the corresponsive principle of personality development, this study incorporated both dispositional and contextual perspectives to examine longitudinal reciprocal relationships between CSE and job satisfaction. Longitudinal data from 5,827 participants in the British Household Panel Survey from 1997 to 2006 were analyzed. A series of structural equation models revealed that job satisfaction and the growth of job satisfaction in previous years positively predicted CSE in a later year. In turn, CSE contributed to higher job satisfaction and growth of job satisfaction in following years. This result shows that both dispositional and contextual forces interweave to shape individuals' self-views and experiences over time.