Designing Jobs to Make Employees Happy? Focus on Job Satisfaction First
Designing Jobs to Make Employees Happy? Focus on Job Satisfaction First
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DOI：
10.1093/ssjj/jyy040
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发表时间：
2019-12-01
影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Orsini, Philippe
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作者：
Magnier-Watanabe, Remy;Benton, Caroline F.;Orsini, Philippe
本文考察了工作任务特征和工作满意度对日本员工主观幸福感的影响，通常被称为幸福感。因为过去的研究已经认识到快乐是更好的表现的来源，并且考虑到最近与karshi（因过度工作而死亡）有关的事件，工作场所的条件对研究和实践都非常感兴趣。本研究采用条件过程分析的方法，对日本企业的日本管理人员和一线员工的数据进行分析，发现工作满意度在工作任务特征和主观幸福感之间具有充分的中介作用。在工作满意因素中，自我成就感和相关性（相互尊重和依赖）在工作任务特征与积极幸福感之间的中介作用最强。首先，这些发现表明，公司不能仅仅依靠工作设计来直接促进员工的幸福感，而必须确保任务特征转化为与工作相关的结果，比如工作满意度。其次，至少对日本员工来说，必须仔细注意设计能够培养自我成就感和归属感的工作，以提高主观幸福感。这些结果表明，工作满意度在工作设计和幸福感之间的关系中起着核心作用。
This article examines the effects of job task characteristics and job satisfaction on subjective well-being, often referred to as happiness, among Japanese employees. Because past research has recognized happiness as a source of greater performance, and on account of recent events related to karshi (death by overwork), conditions in the workplace are of great interest for both research and practice. This research, using conditional process analysis with data gathered from Japanese managers and front-line workers within Japanese firms in Japan, found that job satisfaction fully mediates the relationship between job task characteristics and subjective well-being. Among job satisfaction factors, self-accomplishment and relatedness' (mutual respect and reliance with others) displayed the strongest mediating influences between job task characteristics and positive well-being. First, these findings suggest that companies cannot rely on job design alone to directly foster employee well-being but must ensure that task characteristics translate into work-related outcomes, such as job satisfaction. Second, at least for Japanese employees, careful attention must be paid to designing jobs that foster feelings of self-accomplishment and relatedness in order to enhance subjective well-being. These results indicate that job satisfaction plays a central role in the relationship between job design and well-being.