University of Haifa, Israel.
J Appl Gerontol. 2021 Jun;40(6):670-678. doi: 10.1177/0733464820910043. Epub 2020 Mar 4.
Perceived social support has traditionally been examined as an antecedent of well-being, including job satisfaction. The current study offers a new perspective in which job satisfaction can be both an antecedent and outcome of support in older employees. Two wave data from 910 older employees who participated in the Health and Retirement Study were used to test the hypotheses using a cross-lagged panel model. The results indicate that job satisfaction predicts subsequent perceived support from both supervisors and coworkers. However, perceived support from either supervisors or coworkers does not predict subsequent job satisfaction. The discussion suggests that unsatisfied employees, who likely are in greater need of support from their supervisors and peers, perceive having less support available to them. Practically, interventions aimed at increasing satisfaction might also benefit employees' perceived support, and organizations could leverage our findings to create more favorable work environments.
传统上，感知到的社会支持一直被视为幸福感的一个前置因素，包括工作满意度。本研究提供了一个新的视角，即工作满意度既可以是老年员工支持的前置因素，也可以是其结果。使用来自参加健康与退休研究的 910 名老年员工的两波数据，通过交叉滞后面板模型检验了假设。结果表明，工作满意度可以预测主管和同事随后提供的感知支持。然而，主管或同事的感知支持并不能预测随后的工作满意度。讨论表明，不满意的员工可能更需要来自主管和同事的支持，因此他们认为自己可获得的支持较少。实际上，旨在提高满意度的干预措施也可能使员工对支持的感知受益，组织可以利用我们的发现来创造更有利的工作环境。
