Linking Self-Control to Voluntary Behaviors at Workplace: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction

Voluntary work behavior (VWB) refers to spontaneous workplace behaviors that extend beyond role norms, including extra-role behaviors that benefit the organization (i. e., organizational citizenship behavior, OCB) and negative behaviors that may harm the organization (i.e., counterproductive work behavior, CWB). This study examined the relationship between self-control and VWB and the mediating role of job satisfaction. A total of 1,101 full-time employees from China completed a battery of self-report measures online. The results show that self-control positively predicts employees' OCB and negatively predicts employees' CWB. Moreover, job satisfaction significantly mediates the relationship between self-control and OCB/CWB. The results confirm that employees with high self-control are more public-spirited, which previous studies have described as being “highly committed” (high OCB) or “less harmful” (low CWB). This finding closely relates to the observation that employees with high self-control tend to have more satisfying work outcomes or higher workplace status than those with low self-control.

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The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction in the Relationship between Organizational Justice and Counterproductive Work Behaviors: A Study in Indonesia

11th GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES - Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences Proceeding ◽

10.35609/gcbssproceeding.2020.11(63) ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 63-63

Author(s):

Nurul Komari ◽

Sulistiowati

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Organizational Justice ◽

Empirical Support ◽

Interactional Justice ◽

Counterproductive Work Behavior ◽

Work Behavior ◽

Primary Data ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship

This study examines the mediating role of job satisfaction on the effect of distributive, procedural and interactional justice on counterproductive work behavior. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 110 service company employees in Indonesia as respondents. This study uses primary data collected through a questionnaire. Respondents are given the answer choice using the Likert Scale which consists of 5 scores namely scores 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Data analysis using Partial Least Squares (PLS). Several respondents and management were purposely selected as key informants for in-depth interviews to explore the relationship mechanism between distributive, procedural and interactional justice, job satisfaction and counterproductive work behavior. The results of the study found that distributive, procedural and interactional justice had a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction, distributive justice had a positive and not significant effect on counterproductive work behavior, procedural justice had a negative and significant effect on counterproductive work behavior, interactional justice had a negative and not significant effect on counterproductive work behavior, job satisfaction has a negative and insignificant effect on counterproductive work behavior and job satisfaction does not significantly mediate the effect of distributive, procedural and interactional justice on counterproductive work behavior. This study provides empirical support for the influence of distributive, procedural, interactional justice on job satisfaction and counterproductive work behavior. This study also provides evidence of the effect of justice directly and through job satisfaction on counterproductive work behavior. Keywords: organizational justice, job satisfaction, counterproductive work behavior

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Gender similarity, coworker support, and job attitudes: An occupation’s creative requirement can make a difference

Journal of Management & Organization ◽

10.1017/jmo.2018.40 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (5) ◽

pp. 880-898 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Gamze Koseoglu ◽

Terry C Blum ◽

Christina E Shalley

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Organizational Support ◽

Job Attitudes ◽

Underlying Mechanism ◽

Full Time ◽

Coworker Support ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Gender Similarity ◽

The Relationship

AbstractBy introducing gender similarity as a contextual antecedent of coworker support, we examined the mediating role of coworker support for the relationship between workgroup gender similarity and job attitudes. In addition, we explored how a creative requirement, which is an occupational characteristic, can influence the relationship between coworker support and job attitudes above and beyond the role of supervisor support and organizational support. Results based on 975 full-time employees across a wide variety of occupations and industries indicated that as expected coworker support can serve as an underlying mechanism in the relationship between the relational demography of a workplace and employees’ job satisfaction and intention to quit. Furthermore, coworker support was significantly related to job satisfaction only for those occupations that required high levels of creativity. Finally, the creative requirement of an occupation moderated the indirect effect of gender similarity on job satisfaction through coworker support.

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Self-control and organizational citizenship behavior: The role of vocational delay of gratification and job satisfaction

Work ◽

10.3233/wor-203413 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 68 (3) ◽

pp. 797-806

Author(s):

Yao-Zhong Liu ◽

Yu-Jie Wang

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Organizational Behavior ◽

Organizational Citizenship ◽

Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽

Delay Of Gratification ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Self Control ◽

Self Report ◽

Citizenship Behavior ◽

Full Time

BACKGROUND: Self-control is an important factor in predicting employees’ organizational citizenship behavior, but previous studies have not examined the internal mechanism by which self-control affects organizational citizenship behavior. OBJECTIVE: The current study aimed to explore the relationship between self-control and employees’ organizational citizenship behavior and to test the mediating effects of vocational delay of gratification and job satisfaction. METHODS: Participants were 474 full-time employees (187 male, 287 female) from different companies in South China. They answered online self-report questionnaires that assessed self-control, vocational delay of gratification, job satisfaction, and organizational citizenship behavior. Path analyses were conducted and a bootstrap technique was used to judge the significance of the mediation. RESULTS: The results showed that high self-control employees were more willing to engage in citizenship behavior that benefitted their organizations and colleagues, and the chain mediating effect of vocational delay of gratification and job satisfaction between self-control and organizational citizenship behavior was significant. CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide insights to management regarding the mechanism to promote and maintain employees’ pro-organizational behavior.

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Coping Humor as a Mediator Between Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction

Journal of Personnel Psychology ◽

10.1027/1866-5888/a000185 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 155-159 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Peizhen Sun ◽

Jennifer J. Chen ◽

Hongyan Jiang

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Future Research ◽

Satisfaction Scale ◽

Primary School Teachers ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Regulation Of Emotion ◽

The Relationship ◽

Overall Job Satisfaction

Abstract. This study investigated the mediating role of coping humor in the relationship between emotional intelligence (EI) and job satisfaction. Participants were 398 primary school teachers in China, who completed the Wong Law Emotional Intelligence Scale, Coping Humor Scale, and Overall Job Satisfaction Scale. Results showed that coping humor was a significant mediator between EI and job satisfaction. A further examination revealed, however, that coping humor only mediated two sub-dimensions of EI (use of emotion and regulation of emotion) and job satisfaction. Implications for future research and limitations of the study are discussed.

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Mediasi Kepuasan Kerja dan Stres Kerja pada Hubungan antara Program Jamsostek dan Kinerja Karyawan Studi Kasus pada Perusahaan Swasta di DIY dan Solo

Jurnal Maksipreneur Manajemen Koperasi dan Entrepreneurship ◽

10.30588/jmp.v3i1.89 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 75

Author(s):

Eny Sulistyowati ◽

Totok Danangdjojo

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Social Security ◽

Job Stress ◽

Work Stress ◽

Program Performance ◽

Social Security Program ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Social ◽

The Relationship

This study aims to explain the influence of the Social Security program on performance and job satisfaction and job stress as a mediating variable. In addition, this study also describes the effect of job satisfaction on the performance and the effect of work stress on performance. The relationship of each variable in this research is to be measured by conducting a survey on 145 employees of private companies that included in Social Security program on DIY and Solo. Then the path analisys used to test the effect of social security program performance in mediation by job satisfaction, performance and job stress, job satisfaction, and examines the effect on the performance and the effect of work stress on performance. The results showed that the social security program significant positively affects job satisfaction and performance. Job satisfaction was also positively and significantly affect performance. Even though mediating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between social security program performance partial. Because merely direct relationship between social security program with greater performance than the mediating role of job satisfaction. Social Security program did not significantly affect the stress of work, as well as job stress did not significantly affect performance. Therefore, the mediating role of work stress on the relationship between social security program with the performance did not occur. Individual differences and work experience may be a factor that causes no significant relationship between the two variables.

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Role of burnout on job level, job satisfaction, and task performance

Leadership & Organization Development Journal ◽

10.1108/lodj-11-2015-0249 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 38 (5) ◽

pp. 630-645 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Won Ho Kim ◽

Young-An Ra ◽

Jong Gyu Park ◽

Bora Kwon

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Task Performance ◽

Organizational Context ◽

Content Type ◽

Job Level ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Final Sample ◽

The Relationship ◽

And Task

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating role of burnout (i.e. exhaustion, cynicism, professional inefficacy) in the relationship between job level and job satisfaction as well as between job level and task performance. Design/methodology/approach The final sample included 342 Korean workers from selected companies. The authors employed the Hayes (2013) PROCESS tool for analyzing the data. Findings The results showed that all three subscales of burnout (i.e. exhaustion, cynicism, professional inefficacy) mediate the relationship between job level and job satisfaction. However, only two mediators (i.e. cynicism, professional inefficacy) indicated the mediating effects on the association between job level and task performance. Originality/value This research presented the role of burnout on the relationships between job level, job satisfaction, and task performance especially in South Korean organizational context. In addition to role of burnout, findings should prove helpful in improving job satisfaction and task performance. The authors provide implications and limitations of the findings.

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The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction in the Work Stress-Marital Interaction Relationship

South African Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1177/008124639402400303 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 122-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Lynne Widrich ◽

Karen Ortlepp

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Work Stress ◽

Causal Link ◽

Work And Family ◽

Specific Aspect ◽

Self Report ◽

Marital Interaction ◽

Marital Functioning ◽

The Relationship

The present study examined the relationship between work stress and a specific aspect of marital functioning, namely, marital interaction. An interactionist model of stress was adopted, with three role stresses, namely, role ambiguity, role conflict and role overload, being used as indicators of work stress. Despite the abundance of studies investigating the link between employment and family functioning over the past decade, the causal link between the two domains remains unclear. As previous research has indicated that the relationship between work and family is neither simple nor linear, the present study aimed to investigate the role of job satisfaction in the relationship. The final sample of the study consisted of 80 married men employed in a large financial organization. Data were gathered in the form of self-report questionnaires. Statistical analysis, using a longitudinal path analytic research design, did not support the proposed mediational model, that is, job satisfaction was not found to mediate the relationship between work stress and marital functioning.

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How Do Instant Messages Reduce Psychological Withdrawal Behaviors?—Mediation of Engagement and Moderation of Self-Control

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18062983 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (6) ◽

pp. 2983

Author(s):

Xia Jiang ◽

Jing Du ◽

Tianfei Yang ◽

Yujing Liu

Keyword(s):

Instant Messaging ◽

Cognitive Engagement ◽

Time Instant ◽

Self Control ◽

Emotional Engagement ◽

Short Text ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Withdrawal Behaviors ◽

The Relationship

Enabling people to send and receive short text-based messages in real-time, instant messaging (IM) is a communication technology that allows instantaneous information exchanges. The development of technology makes IM communication widely adopted in the workplace, which brings a series of changes for modern contemporary working life. Based on the conservation of resource theory (COR), this paper explores the mechanism of workplace IM communication on employees’ psychological withdrawal, and investigates the mediating role of work engagement in the relationship and the moderating role of self-control. Using the experience sampling method (ESM), a 10-consecutive workdays daily study was conducted among 66 employees. By data analysis of 632 observations using SPSS and HLM, results found that: (1) IM demands had a positive relation with emotion and cognitive engagement. (2) Emotion and cognitive engagement were negatively correlated with psychological withdrawal. (3) Emotion and cognitive engagement mediated the relations of IM demands and psychological withdrawal. (4) Self-control moderated the relationship between emotional engagement and psychological withdrawal.

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