Job Satisfaction and Psychological Well-Being: Advanced Study in Workplace Health Promotion
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Mental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 4996
Special Issue Editors
Interests: workplace health promotion; health promoting leadership; job satisfaction; burnout
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Job satisfaction (JS) is a crucial part of a human’s wellbeing in the world of work and one of the most researched areas in work psychology. Principally, JS has dispositional components but can be seen also as the evaluation of work environment [1–4].
In the evaluation of the work environment, JS is seen as an “output” factor and used as a synonym for wellbeing. While this is one of the main research directions, JS is also seen as an “input” for attitudes and behavior. Both of these directions are valid and important. The antecedents of JS are the different facets of work, and therefore, JS is of practical importance for the work design and, therefore, for health promotion and interventions at work.
The evaluation, i.e., the comparison between expectations and current aspects of the job, is relevant for organizations: looking at the different facets of JS helps to understand which working environmental dimensions should be improved to enhance JS [5]. Therefore, JS affects various other aspects, such as commitment, engagement, turnover intentions, and lastly, the health of employees.
As part of many studies and employee surveys, JS can be either measured as a global variable (single-item) or with various facets (multiple-items). The global variable is useful and helpful if JS is used as output or wellbeing indicator. In this Special Issue, we aim to shift the focus to the advantage of measuring JS with different dimensions or facets, which allows separating the influencing factors on the working environment. In that view, JS is a mediator between these working environment factors and outcomes for the psychological health and wellbeing of employees up to economic aspects such as engagement or job performance.
The aim of this Special Issue is to look for contributions that focus on the issue of job satisfaction in conjunction with interventions at work, health promotion projects, work design, or similar approaches. We also welcome contributions which discuss the use and concepts of the measurement of JS with single-item and multiple-items.
References
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2. Judge, T.A.; Weiss, H.M.; Kammeyer-Mueller, J.D.; Hulin, C.L. Job attitudes, job satisfaction, and job affect. A century of continuity and of change. The Journal of applied psychology. 2017, 102 (3), pp. 356–374. DOI: 10.1037/apl0000181.
3. Weiss, H.M. Deconstructing job satisfaction: Separating evaluations, beliefs and affective experiences. Human Resource Management Review. 2002, 12 (2), pp. 173–194. DOI: 10.1016/S1053-4822(02)00045-1.
4. Weiss, H.M.; Merlo, K.L. Job Satisfaction. International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences; Elsevier: Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2018; pp. 833–838.
5. Lepold, A.; Tanzer, N.; Bregenzer, A.; Jiménez, P. The efficient measurement of job satisfaction: Facet-items versus facet scales. IJERPH. 2018, 15, pp. 1362. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15071362.
Prof. Dr. Paul Jiménez
Dr. Angelika Lepold
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- job satisfaction
- wellbeing
- health promotion
- workplace
- work psychology
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