From speculation to substantiation : Empirically-testing societal changes in impact of fit on job satisfaction from 1989, 1998, 2006, and 2016
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Shoss, Mindy K. and Reynolds Kueny, Clair. (2022). From speculation to substantiation : Empirically-testing societal changes in impact of fit on job satisfaction from 1989, 1998, 2006, and 2016. Group and Organization Management. 47(6), pp. 1181-1217. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011211058545
Authors | Shoss, Mindy K. and Reynolds Kueny, Clair |
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Abstract | Against the backdrop of large-scale changes in work over the past few decades, both business leaders and academics have speculated that employees’ job satisfaction is increasingly tied to the extent to which their jobs meet their desires for meaning and other reinforcers. However, empirical evidence has not yet been brought to bear on these arguments. In order to provide insights into potential socio-temporal changes in how employees derive job satisfaction from job characteristics, we analyzed repeated large-scale population surveys in the United States to examine the impact of fit between desiring and receiving job characteristics on job satisfaction across four time points (1989, 1998, 2006, and 2016). Moderated polynomial regression analyses indicated that employees in more recent years experience greater dissatisfaction by deficiencies in intrinsically-rewarding job characteristics. We interpret these findings against broader discussions of the changing employment narrative theorized to have occurred in the United States over the past several decades. |
Keywords | changing nature of work; job characteristics; employee satisfaction; person-job fit; moderated polynomial regression |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Group and Organization Management |
Journal citation | 47 (6), pp. 1181-1217 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
ISSN | 1059-6011 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011211058545 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85124296209 |
Open access | Published as green open access |
Page range | 1181-1217 |
Author's accepted manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 02 Feb 2022 |
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Deposited | 16 Aug 2022 |
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