Roney Christopher, Soicher Hannah M
Department of Psychology, King's University College at Western University, London, ON, Canada.
J Soc Psychol. 2022 Jul 4;162(4):423-434. doi: 10.1080/00224545.2021.1915230. Epub 2021 Apr 20.
A job may contribute to overall life satisfaction (LS) when it meets basic psychological needs. This study examined aspects of one's work (organizational commitment, citizenship behavior and autonomy), and individual differences in self-concept (collective versus individual), as predictors of overall LS. 295 employees working at a variety of jobs completed questionnaires online. Results showed that higher collective self-concept predicted greater LS; this was partially mediated by affective job commitment, work autonomy and altruistic citizenship behaviors, all of which also independently predicted greater LS. Higher individual self-concept was also a significant predictor of LS, partially mediated by compliance citizenship behaviors. These results suggest that when work fulfills a need for connectedness (i.e., for people with a collective self-concept), autonomy, and when we feel emotionally committed to our job, and go beyond what it requires, our overall LS is higher. These results clarify some positive ways that our work contributes to overall LS, but important questions remain for future research.
当一份工作满足基本心理需求时，它可能会提升整体生活满意度（LS）。本研究考察了一个人工作的各个方面（组织承诺、公民行为和自主性），以及自我概念方面的个体差异（集体主义与个人主义），将其作为整体生活满意度的预测指标。295名从事各种工作的员工在线完成了问卷调查。结果显示，较高的集体自我概念预示着更高的生活满意度；这部分是由情感性工作承诺、工作自主性和利他性公民行为介导的，所有这些因素也都独立地预示着更高的生活满意度。较高的个人自我概念也是生活满意度的一个重要预测指标，部分是由顺从性公民行为介导的。这些结果表明，当工作满足了联系需求（即对于具有集体自我概念的人来说）、自主性需求，并且当我们在情感上对工作投入并超越工作要求时，我们的整体生活满意度会更高。这些结果阐明了工作提升整体生活满意度的一些积极方式，但未来研究仍存在一些重要问题。
