Core self-evaluations

About: Core self-evaluations is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1483 publications have been published within this topic receiving 95787 citations.

The Effects of Work-Related Demands Associated With Social and Economic Change on Psychological Well-Being A Study of Employed and Self-Employed Individuals

Abstract: This study examined perceived work-related demands emanating from social and economic change (i.e., increasing labor market uncertainties, nonstandard work hours, and job autonomy), with a special focus on work status (self-employed vs. employed). We studied a sample of young and middle-aged adults from Germany (N = 1,017). Increasing job autonomy buffered the negative effect of increasing nonstandard work hours on job satisfaction. Mediation analyses suggest that the self-employed, compared to wage-earners, enjoy higher levels of job satisfaction because they are confronted with fewer negative manifestations of change. We further found different job satisfaction effects of increasing nonstandard work hours and job autonomy in employed versus self-employed individuals, which merits further clarification in future research.

Personality dimensions and their relationship with job satisfaction amongst dutch nurse anaesthetists

Abstract: Aim: This study investigates the relationship between personality dimensions and job satisfaction. Background: The shortage of nurses, and those voluntarily leaving their jobs, continues to be a problem affecting the delivery of healthcare all over the world, including anaesthesia. If it is found that nurse anaesthetists with certain personality types have high levels of job satisfaction, the information may be helpful for the retention of nurse anaesthetists. Methods: A questionnaire was distributed amongst Dutch nurse anaesthetists. Factor and multiple regression analyses were performed to reveal personality dimensions and their impact on job satisfaction. Results: Nine hundred and twenty-three questionnaires were completed and analysed (46% response rate). Two personality dimensions -'easy going' and 'orderly'- explained 3.5% of the variance in job satisfaction. Conclusion: Personality dimensions as measured with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) are only minimally relevant in predicting job satisfaction amongst Dutch nurse anaesthetists. Implications for nursing management: Before using personality traits as a selection tool for retaining employees, it is important to understand the relationship of particular personalities to job satisfaction; it is also important to know which combination of personality traits is likely to create a highly cohesive work group. © 2010 The Authors. Journal compilation

Work and general psychological and physical well-being.

Abstract: This article describes a study of the influence of job factors (e.g. job control, pay, etc.) on job attitudes (satisfaction, alienation, stress) as well as the joint influence of job factors and job attitudes on general psychological and physical well-being. Satisfaction/alienation and felt stress were found to be two different modes of response to work. Prestige, control, variety, and opportunity for promotion were powerful predictors of satisfaction/alienation. Number of deadlines and job overlap with family life were important predictors of stress. The job factors and job attitudes showed substantively important relationships to general well-being. The testing of various alternate hypotheses supported the inference of a causal work-health link. Implications of the findings are that work must be viewed in a wider context than simply as a form of economic activity if the well-being of the population is to be improved and that a focus on individual "life-styles" as causes of lowered well-being leads to neglect of the underlying social structural bases of disease.