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Keller, Anita C.; Semmer, Norbert K. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2013
Arguably, job satisfaction is one of the most important variables with regard to work. When explaining job satisfaction, research usually focuses on predictor variables in terms of levels but neglects growth rates. Therefore it remains unclear how potential predictors evolve over time and how their development affects job satisfaction. Using…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Predictor Variables, Personality, Context Effect
Sluss, David M.; Ashforth, Blake E.; Gibson, Kerry R. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
Using temporally-lagged data from 146 business and engineering newcomers, we found evidence for a "positive side" of plasticity theory (Brockner, 1988, p. 547) in fostering newcomer adjustment. Specifically, as predicted, we found that higher newcomer generalized self-efficacy positively moderates the association between job design (i.e., task…
Descriptors: Business, Engineering, Entry Workers, Vocational Adjustment
van Ruysseveldt, Joris; van Dijke, Marius – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2011
Building on theoretical frameworks like the Job Demands Control model and Action Theory we tested whether the relationship between workload and employees' experiences of opportunities for workplace learning is of an inverted u-shaped nature and whether autonomy moderates this relationship. We predicted that--at moderate levels of…
Descriptors: Workplace Learning, Active Learning, Education Work Relationship, Job Development
Ford, Michael T. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2012
Drawing from theory on met expectations, person-environment fit, and social information processing, misfit between the pressure and autonomy experienced by workers and that which would be expected given their occupational roles was examined as a predictor of job satisfaction, perceived support, and depression. Results from a nationally (U.S.)…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Job Development, Stress Variables, Depression (Psychology)