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Mood and emotions while working: missing pieces of job satisfaction?

2000; Wiley; Volume: 21; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1002/(sici)1099-1379(200003)21

1099-1379

Cynthia D. Fisher,

Mental Health Research Topics

Journal of Organizational BehaviorVolume 21, Issue 2 p. 185-202 Research Article Mood and emotions while working: missing pieces of job satisfaction? Cynthia D. Fisher, Corresponding Author Cynthia D. Fisher [email protected] School of Business, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4229, AustraliaSchool of Business, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4229, Australia.Search for more papers by this author Cynthia D. Fisher, Corresponding Author Cynthia D. Fisher [email protected] School of Business, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4229, AustraliaSchool of Business, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland 4229, Australia.Search for more papers by this author First published: 16 February 2000 https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1379(200003)21:2 3.0.CO;2-MCitations: 301AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Abstract Job satisfaction is often described as an affective response to one's job, but is usually measured largely as a cognitive evaluation of job features. This paper explores several hypothesized relationships between real time affect while working and standard measures of job satisfaction. Experience sampling methodology was used to obtain up to 50 reports of immediate mood and emotions from 121 employed persons over a two week period. As expected, real time affect is related to overall satisfaction but is not identical to satisfaction. Moment to moment affect is more strongly related to a faces measure of satisfaction than to more verbal measures of satisfaction. Positive and negative emotions both make unique contributions to predicting overall satisfaction, and affect accounts for variance in overall satisfaction above and beyond facet satisfactions. Frequency of net positive emotion is a stronger predictor of overall satisfaction than is intensity of positive emotion. It is concluded that affect while working is a missing piece of overall job attitude, as well as a phenomenon worthy of investigation in its own right. 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