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How positivity links with job satisfaction: Preliminary findings on the mediating role of work-life balance

Author(s) / Creator(s)

Orkibi, Hod
Brandt, Yaron Ilan

Abstract / Description

The positive characteristics that can help people juggle their work and personal roles and experience greater job satisfaction are attracting increased research attention. This study presents a conceptual model to account for the association between employees’ positive orientation (i.e., the tendency to evaluate self, life, and the future in a positive way) and their job satisfaction (N = 108). As theorized, the results indicate that employees’ ability to manage their work-life balance fully mediates the relation between their positive orientation and job satisfaction. This suggests that a positive orientation serves as an adaptive personal resource that can facilitate employees’ ability to balance work and non-work demands and hence can foster job satisfaction. The practical implications for positive psychological interventions in organizational settings are discussed.

Keyword(s)

work-life balance positive psychology job satisfaction positivity

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Date of first publication

2015-08-20

Journal title

Europe's Journal of Psychology

Volume

11

Issue

3

Page numbers

406–418

Publisher

PsychOpen GOLD

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publishedVersion

Review status

peerReviewed

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Citation

Orkibi, H., & Brandt, Y. I. (2015). How positivity links with job satisfaction: Preliminary findings on the mediating role of work-life balance. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(3), 406–418. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i3.869
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Orkibi, Hod
  • Author(s) / Creator(s)
    Brandt, Yaron Ilan
  • PsychArchives acquisition timestamp
    2018-11-21T09:59:27Z
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    2018-11-21T09:59:27Z
  • Date of first publication
    2015-08-20
  • Abstract / Description
    The positive characteristics that can help people juggle their work and personal roles and experience greater job satisfaction are attracting increased research attention. This study presents a conceptual model to account for the association between employees’ positive orientation (i.e., the tendency to evaluate self, life, and the future in a positive way) and their job satisfaction (N = 108). As theorized, the results indicate that employees’ ability to manage their work-life balance fully mediates the relation between their positive orientation and job satisfaction. This suggests that a positive orientation serves as an adaptive personal resource that can facilitate employees’ ability to balance work and non-work demands and hence can foster job satisfaction. The practical implications for positive psychological interventions in organizational settings are discussed.
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  • Publication status
    publishedVersion
  • Review status
    peerReviewed
  • Citation
    Orkibi, H., & Brandt, Y. I. (2015). How positivity links with job satisfaction: Preliminary findings on the mediating role of work-life balance. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 11(3), 406–418. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i3.869
  • ISSN
    1841-0413
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/962
  • Persistent Identifier
    https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1154
  • Language of content
    eng
  • Publisher
    PsychOpen GOLD
  • Is version of
    https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i3.869
  • Keyword(s)
    work-life balance
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  • Keyword(s)
    positive psychology
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  • Keyword(s)
    job satisfaction
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  • Keyword(s)
    positivity
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  • Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)
    150
  • Title
    How positivity links with job satisfaction: Preliminary findings on the mediating role of work-life balance
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  • DRO type
    article
  • Issue
    3
  • Journal title
    Europe's Journal of Psychology
  • Page numbers
    406–418
  • Volume
    11
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