Character Strengths: Person-Environment Fit and Relationships With Job and Life Satisfaction.

ABSTRACT: Several studies demonstrated the relevance of character strengths in the workplace. For example, it has been shown that they positively relate to performance and are strong predictors of job satisfaction. Furthermore, it was demonstrated that occupational groups differ in their average levels of character strengths. However, little is known about the effects of the congruence between a person's strengths profile with the average profile within an occupational group (environmental congruence) on well-being. In a nationally representative sample (N = 870) of employed adults, we analyzed data on character strengths (t1), and measures of job and life satisfaction at three different time points (t1-t3; separated by 1 year). We studied (1) whether employees in different occupational groups diffe

SUBMITTER: Gander F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7390898 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature