What is it about?

The qualitative forms of job satisfaction by Bruggemann predict work motivation and well-being at work. We show that personal resources of resilience (self-efficacy, optimism, and mindfulness) and resilient behavior in the workplace have an impact on the forms of job satisfaction. Furthermore, we show that the forms of job satisfaction have the expected effects on work engagement and psychological strain.

Featured Image

Why is it important?

It extends the knowledge of personal determinants of the forms of job satisfaction. Because we investigated aspects of individual resilience that can be changed and for which effective interventions exist, the results show organizations how they can reduce the share of employees with forms of job satisfaction, that are associated with low work motivation and high psychological strain.

Perspectives

We hope this article encourages practitioners to assess the qualitative forms of job satisfaction in organizations and to use the obtained information to initiate appropriate trainings or other forms of action. Accompanied by a scientific partner, such an approach would provide an excellent opportunity to explore the causes of the forms of job satisfaction and their dynamics even further.

Christian Schlett
Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat Freiburg

Read the Original

This page is a summary of: Der Einfluss von Resilienz auf qualitative Formen der Arbeitszufriedenheit, Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie A&O, October 2018, Hogrefe Publishing Group,
DOI: 10.1026/0932-4089/a000278.
You can read the full text:

Read

Resources

Contributors

The following have contributed to this page