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.
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work-life balance positive psychology job satisfaction positivityPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2015-08-20
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
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11
Issue
3
Page numbers
406–418
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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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
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Orkibi, Hod
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Brandt, Yaron Ilan
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Date of first publication2015-08-20
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Abstract / DescriptionThe 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.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationOrkibi, 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
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/962
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1154
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v11i3.869
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Keyword(s)work-life balanceen_US
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Keyword(s)positive psychologyen_US
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Keyword(s)job satisfactionen_US
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Keyword(s)positivityen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleHow positivity links with job satisfaction: Preliminary findings on the mediating role of work-life balanceen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue3
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers406–418
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Volume11
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