Examining the Relationship Between Workplace Support and Life Satisfaction: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction

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• 作者：Alexander Newman (1)
  Ingrid Nielsen (1)
  Russell Smyth (2)
  Angus Hooke (3)
  
  1. Department of Management ; Faculty of Business and Economics ; Monash University ; East Caulfield ; VIC ; Australia
  2. Department of Economics ; Faculty of Business and Economics ; Monash University ; Clayton ; VIC ; Australia
  3. Nottingham University Business School ; The University of Nottingham Ningbo China ; Ningbo ; Zhejiang Province ; China
  
• 关键词：China ; Job satisfaction ; Life satisfaction ; Perceived organizational support ; Perceived supervisor support
• 刊名：Social Indicators Research
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：February 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：120
• 期：3
• 页码：769-781
• 全文大小：228 KB
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• 刊物主题：Social Sciences
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• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-0921

文摘

This paper examines the influence of perceived organizational support and perceived supervisor support on employee life satisfaction. Structural equation modelling on data from 393 nurses from two Chinese hospitals revealed that job satisfaction fully mediated the relationship between perceived organizational support and life satisfaction. In contrast, perceived supervisor support had a direct influence on life satisfaction rather than a mediated influence through job satisfaction. Our findings highlight the importance of separating the locus of support constructs when examining the impact of support on job and life satisfaction, given that perceived support has different effects depending upon the transmitter of that support.