Does Positive Wellbeing Predict Job Performance Three Months Later?

Roberto Luna-Arocas () and Ignacio Danvila-del-Valle ()
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Roberto Luna-Arocas: Valencia University
Ignacio Danvila-del-Valle: Complutense University of Madrid

Applied Research in Quality of Life, 2021, vol. 16, issue 4, No 8, 1555-1569

Abstract: Abstract The present study examines the relationship between wellbeing and work performance in a twotime model. The model was based on the happy-productive worker hypothesis. Labour wellbeing (Time 1, T1) was measured with three constructs: job satisfaction, personal satisfaction, and organizational commitment, and showed good one dimensional adjustment in the second-order confirmatory factor analysis performed. We use a stratified sampling strategy, controlling for sex, age and whether workers were employed in the public or private sector. Of the 235 employees analysed in T1, 205 responded in Time 2 (T2). Results obtained through SEM analysis establish a positive and significant relationship between positive wellbeing and job performance. Likewise, job satisfaction and organizational commitment were the variable that most influenced the unidimensional welfare construct (0.902, p

Keywords: Positive wellbeing; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Employee performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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