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Work related well-being is associated with individual subjective well-being
This study utilizes Gallup-ShareCare Well-being Index data to investigate the association between work-related well-being, i.e., job satisfaction, and overall subjective well-being among US workers. Subjective well-being is measured by i) daily positive and negative emotional experiences - happiness...
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National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9171114/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34732595 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2021-0122 |
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description | This study utilizes Gallup-ShareCare Well-being Index data to investigate the association between work-related well-being, i.e., job satisfaction, and overall subjective well-being among US workers. Subjective well-being is measured by i) daily positive and negative emotional experiences - happiness, smiles, enjoyment, sadness, anger, worry, and stress (hedonic well-being); and ii) current and future life evaluation (evaluative well-being). The study finds significant positive relationships between job satisfaction and subjective well-being both in terms of higher odds of positive hedonic experiences and increased life evaluation scores after controlling for covariates and other nonwork-related contributors to well-being. Job satisfaction accounted for a 14% increase in current and an 8% increase in future life evaluation scores. The results emphasize that not only the income generated by work but the quality of work is also important for worker well-being. In fact, those without a job had higher well-being than those workers who are dissatisfied at work. This is probably the first study that relates work-related well-being to overall well-being, using a nationally representative sample of US workers. Further, this is one of the few instances where the subjective measure of well-being is used in the occupational safety and health literature. |
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spelling | pubmed-91711142022-06-14 Work related well-being is associated with individual subjective well-being RAY, Tapas K Ind Health Original Article This study utilizes Gallup-ShareCare Well-being Index data to investigate the association between work-related well-being, i.e., job satisfaction, and overall subjective well-being among US workers. Subjective well-being is measured by i) daily positive and negative emotional experiences - happiness, smiles, enjoyment, sadness, anger, worry, and stress (hedonic well-being); and ii) current and future life evaluation (evaluative well-being). The study finds significant positive relationships between job satisfaction and subjective well-being both in terms of higher odds of positive hedonic experiences and increased life evaluation scores after controlling for covariates and other nonwork-related contributors to well-being. Job satisfaction accounted for a 14% increase in current and an 8% increase in future life evaluation scores. The results emphasize that not only the income generated by work but the quality of work is also important for worker well-being. In fact, those without a job had higher well-being than those workers who are dissatisfied at work. This is probably the first study that relates work-related well-being to overall well-being, using a nationally representative sample of US workers. Further, this is one of the few instances where the subjective measure of well-being is used in the occupational safety and health literature. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan 2021-11-04 2022-05 /pmc/articles/PMC9171114/ /pubmed/34732595 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2021-0122 Text en ©2022 National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) License. (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
spellingShingle | Original Article RAY, Tapas K Work related well-being is associated with individual subjective well-being |
title | Work related well-being is associated with individual subjective well-being |
title_full | Work related well-being is associated with individual subjective well-being |
title_fullStr | Work related well-being is associated with individual subjective well-being |
title_full_unstemmed | Work related well-being is associated with individual subjective well-being |
title_short | Work related well-being is associated with individual subjective well-being |
title_sort | work related well-being is associated with individual subjective well-being |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9171114/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34732595 http://dx.doi.org/10.2486/indhealth.2021-0122 |
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