Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
8-2009
Abstract
Drawing from recent developments regarding the contextual nature of personality (e.g., D. Wood & B. W. Roberts, 2006), we conducted 2 studies (1 cross-sectional and 1 longitudinal over 1 year) to examine the validity of work personality in predicting job satisfaction and its mediation of the effect of global personality on job satisfaction. Study 1 showed that (a) individuals vary systematically in their personality between roles— they were significantly more conscientious and open to experience and less extraverted at work compared to at home; (b) work personality was a better predictor of job satisfaction than both global personality and home personality; and (c) work personality demonstrated incremental validity above and beyond the other two personality measures. Study 2 further showed that each of the work personality dimensions fully mediated the association between its corresponding global personality trait and job satisfaction. Evidence for the discriminant validity of the findings is also presented.
Discipline
Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources
Publication
Journal of Personality
Volume
77
Issue
4
First Page
1051
Last Page
1084
ISSN
0022-3506
Identifier
10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00574.x
Publisher
Wiley
Citation
Heller, Daniel; FERRIS, D. Lance; Brown, Douglas; and Watson, David.
The Influence of Work Personality on Job Satisfaction: Incremental Validity and Mediation Effects. (2009). Journal of Personality. 77, (4), 1051-1084.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/1026
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Authors
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6494.2009.00574.x