Antecedents And Consequences Of Job Satisfaction: Testing A Comprehensive Model Using Integrated Methodology

Abstract

<p class="MsoBlockText" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan;"><span style="font-style: normal; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">This study examines the key antecedents and two important consequences of job satisfaction in a comprehensive framework by utilizing integrated methodologies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>This involves combining meta-analytic techniques with structural equation modeling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The antecedents represent theoretical perspectives that indicate workplace influences including task characteristics, social information processing, and dispositional perspectives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The consequences are the withdrawal behaviors of absenteeism and turnover.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The results indicate all three perspectives are supported to varying degrees with multiple antecedents impacting job satisfaction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>However, the dispositional variables maintain the greatest overall impact. Interestingly, job satisfaction had little impact on the progression of withdrawal behaviors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Although job design and leadership behaviors impact job satisfaction, management needs to reconsider hiring and selection practices as they relate to the dispositional aspects of potential employees.</span></span></span></p>