Economics Research and Support Office (ERSO).
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Ind Health. 2022 Jun 1;60(3):242-252. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2021-0122. Epub 2021 Nov 4.
This study utilizes Gallup-ShareCare Well-being Index data to investigate the association between work-related well-being, i.e., job satisfaction, and overall subjective well-being among US workers. Subjective well-being is measured by i) daily positive and negative emotional experiences - happiness, smiles, enjoyment, sadness, anger, worry, and stress (hedonic well-being); and ii) current and future life evaluation (evaluative well-being). The study finds significant positive relationships between job satisfaction and subjective well-being both in terms of higher odds of positive hedonic experiences and increased life evaluation scores after controlling for covariates and other nonwork-related contributors to well-being. Job satisfaction accounted for a 14% increase in current and an 8% increase in future life evaluation scores. The results emphasize that not only the income generated by work but the quality of work is also important for worker well-being. In fact, those without a job had higher well-being than those workers who are dissatisfied at work. This is probably the first study that relates work-related well-being to overall well-being, using a nationally representative sample of US workers. Further, this is one of the few instances where the subjective measure of well-being is used in the occupational safety and health literature.
本研究利用盖洛普-沙尔卡健康指数数据，调查了美国劳动者工作相关幸福感（即工作满意度）与整体主观幸福感之间的关系。主观幸福感通过以下两个方面来衡量：i）日常积极和消极情绪体验——幸福感、微笑、享受、悲伤、愤怒、担忧和压力（享乐幸福感）；ii）当前和未来的生活评价（评价幸福感）。研究发现，工作满意度与主观幸福感之间存在显著的正相关关系，在控制了协变量和其他与幸福感无关的因素后，工作满意度与积极的享乐体验的可能性增加和生活评价得分的提高有关。工作满意度使当前生活评价得分提高了 14%，未来生活评价得分提高了 8%。研究结果强调，工作不仅带来收入，工作质量对劳动者的幸福感也很重要。事实上，那些没有工作的人比那些工作不满意的人幸福感更高。这可能是第一项使用具有全国代表性的美国劳动者样本，将工作相关幸福感与整体幸福感联系起来的研究。此外，这是幸福感的主观衡量标准在职业安全与健康文献中为数不多的应用实例之一。
