Dispositional effects on job and life satisfaction: The role of core evaluations.

TLDR

Dispositional sources of job satisfaction have been linked to affective temperament. The study investigates core self‑evaluations—self‑esteem, generalized self‑efficacy, locus of control, and nonneuroticism—and tests their direct and indirect effects on job and life satisfaction. Data were gathered from three independent samples in two countries using dual‑source methodology, and the statistical and logical relationships among core evaluations, affective disposition, and satisfaction were examined. Core self‑evaluations were found to exert both direct and indirect effects on job and life satisfaction.

Abstract

Past research has suggested that dispositional sources of job satisfaction can be traced to measures of affective temperament. The present research focused on another concept, core self-evaluations, which were hypothesized to comprise self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy, locus of control, and nonneuroticism. A model hypothesized that core self-evaluations would have direct effects on job and life satisfaction. It also was hypothesized that core self-evaluations would have indirect effects on job satisfaction. Data were collected from 3 independent samples in 2 countries, using dual source methodology. Results indicated that core self-evaluations had direct and indirect effects on job and life satisfaction. The statistical and logical relationship among core evaluations, affective disposition, and satisfaction was explored.