Four Wellbeing Patterns and their Antecedents in Millennials at Work

Tariku Ayana Abdi, José M. Peiró, Yarid Ayala and Salvatore Zappalà
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Tariku Ayana Abdi: Department of Psychology, University of Campania, 8100 Caserta, Italy
José M. Peiró: IVIE & IDOCAL, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Yarid Ayala: Department of Economics and Management, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, 110111 Bogotá, Colombia
Salvatore Zappalà: Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy, salvatore.zappala@unibo.it

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: Literature suggests that job satisfaction and health are related to each other in a synergic way. However, this might not always be the case, and they may present misaligned relationships. Considering job satisfaction and mental health as indicators of wellbeing at work, we aim to identify four patterns (i.e., satisfied-healthy, unsatisfied-unhealthy, satisfied-unhealthy, and unsatisfied-healthy) and some of their antecedents. In a sample of 783 young Spanish employees, a two-step cluster analysis procedure showed that the unsatisfied-unhealthy pattern was the most frequent (33%), followed by unsatisfied-healthy (26.6%), satisfied-unhealthy (24.8%) and, finally, the satisfied-healthy pattern (14.3%). Moreover, as hypothesized, discriminant analysis suggests that higher levels of job importance and lower levels of role ambiguity mainly differentiate the satisfied-healthy pattern, whereas overqualification and role overload differentiate, respectively, the unsatisfied-healthy and satisfied-unhealthy patterns. Contrary to our expectations, role conflict also characterizes the satisfied-unhealthy pattern. We discuss the practical and theoretical implications of these findings.

Keywords: health; job satisfaction; wellbeing; wellbeing misalignment; Millennials (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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