Publication Type
PhD Dissertation
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
10-2025
Abstract
This research introduces the construct, Doing-Good-Enough (DGE), a work strategy in which employees consciously meet, but do not exceed, core job expectations. It is a satisficing approach aimed at prioritizing well-being and managing work demands. Three studies were conducted to build the DGE scale and examined its outcomes. Study 1 developed the new measurement scale of DGE by integrating its initial work definition with the existing Quiet Quitting (QQ) scales. Items composing the DGE scale were identified through an exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Study 2 validated the DGE scale as unidimensional via confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and established its discriminant validity from similar constructs related to QQ. Study 3 tested DGE’s relationships with work and psychological outcomes, with perceived job autonomy as a mediator and perceived organizational support as a moderator. Full-time employees in the U.S and China were recruited to participate in study 3 to assess cross-cultural generalizability. The findings of the American participants generally supported the hypotheses: When perceived organizational support is high, DGE was positively correlated with perceived job autonomy, well-being, job satisfaction, and job crafting; when perceived organizational support is low, such correlational relationship is non-significant. The results of Chinese samples presented some interesting findings and did not support the hypothetical model. This finding suggested great insights into cultural nuances in interpretating DGE. This research contributed to the literature of employee work behaviors, highlighting organizational support and national culture as key moderators. Future research can develop the robustness of DGE and examine its causal pathways to employees’ work and personal outcomes.
Keywords
Good enough, quiet quitting, perceived organizational support, job autonomy, satisficing, culture, well-being, job satisfaction, job crafting.
Degree Awarded
Doctor of Business Admin
Discipline
Organizational Behavior and Theory | Organization Development
Supervisor(s)
LEUNG, Ka Yee
First Page
1
Last Page
97
Publisher
Singapore Management University
City or Country
Singapore
Citation
ZHUO, Yun.
Is doing-good-enough (DGE) related to quitting or thriving: organizational support moderates the link between DGE and employee well-being, job satisfaction and job crafting. (2025). 1-97.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/808
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