TY - JOUR
T1 - Professional self-efficacy and job satisfaction
T2 - The mediator role of work design
AU - Bargsted, Mariana
AU - Ramírez-Vielma, Raúl
AU - Yeves, Jesús
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Colegio Oficial de Psicologos de Madrid. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating role of work design characteristics (task, knowledge, social, and contextual characteristics) in the relationship between professional self-efficacy and job satisfaction. Research has shown how motivational job design has positive consequences for individuals, increasing control and perception of internal forces (such as self-efficacy) and affects positively job satisfaction. However, little is known about how self-efficacy affects job satisfaction through job enrichment. In this study, 353 Chilean workers answered a self-reported survey. Regression analyses confirmed partially the hypotheses, showing a complete mediation of task and social characteristics of work design in the relationship between professional self-efficacy and job satisfaction. These results show how professional self-efficacy relates to work design and highlight the importance of social and task characteristics to improve job satisfaction, contributing to a better understanding of how self-efficacy improves job satisfaction through work design.
AB - The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating role of work design characteristics (task, knowledge, social, and contextual characteristics) in the relationship between professional self-efficacy and job satisfaction. Research has shown how motivational job design has positive consequences for individuals, increasing control and perception of internal forces (such as self-efficacy) and affects positively job satisfaction. However, little is known about how self-efficacy affects job satisfaction through job enrichment. In this study, 353 Chilean workers answered a self-reported survey. Regression analyses confirmed partially the hypotheses, showing a complete mediation of task and social characteristics of work design in the relationship between professional self-efficacy and job satisfaction. These results show how professional self-efficacy relates to work design and highlight the importance of social and task characteristics to improve job satisfaction, contributing to a better understanding of how self-efficacy improves job satisfaction through work design.
KW - Self-efficacy Job satisfaction Work design Mediation analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85081964614&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5093/jwop2019a18
DO - 10.5093/jwop2019a18
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85081964614
SN - 1576-5962
VL - 35
SP - 157
EP - 163
JO - Revista de Psicologia del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
JF - Revista de Psicologia del Trabajo y de las Organizaciones
IS - 3
ER -