Revisiting the Link between Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Basic Psychological Needs.

ABSTRACT: The link between job satisfaction and life satisfaction has been extensively explored in the relevant literature. However, the great majority of past research has been carried out using cross-sectional analyses, and almost exclusively in the Western world. Moreover, the underlying psychological mechanisms explaining the link are not yet completely understood. Thus, we report the first research to date which uses both cross-sectional and longitudinal data among workers in Chile-a fast-developing Latin American economy-and which aims to tackle previous limitations. Three studies consistently support a positive link between the constructs. Study 1 (N = 636) found that higher job satisfaction predicted higher life satisfaction both contemporaneously and longitudinally, and vice versa, above an

SUBMITTER: Unanue W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5423407 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature