The effect of work meaning on the relationship between decent work and subjective well-being
Year: 2020
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The present study focuses on the concept of decent work and its link to subjective well-being and aims to clarify the effect work meaning has on this relation.An online questionnaire containing measures of the three study variables as well as measures of job and life satisfaction was completed by a sample of 206 adults (M = 29.72,SD = 9.24) residing and working in the Netherlands but originating from 61 different countries around the globe.We use Hayes' PROCESS tool to run and analyze mediations (Hayes, 2017).Results indicate work meaning to be a mediator for the relationship between decent work and subjective well-being.We also find work meaning to mediate the relationship between decent work and job satisfaction and decent work and life satisfaction.Decent work is found to predict work meaning and work meaning to predict subjective well-being, job satisfaction and life satisfaction.Results also show significant direct effects of decent work on job satisfaction, life satisfaction and subjective well-being.Inferring from our results, we propose that individuals who perceive their work as decent will experience higher subjective well-being, job satisfaction and life satisfaction as they will derive higher levels of work meaning.Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
Source: IRIS
Author: Petrea, Ioana-Casandra
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Université de Lausanne
OpenAlex ID: W7046771960