When is success not satisfying? Integrating regulatory focus and approach/avoidance motivation theories to explain the relation between core self-evaluation and job satisfaction

D. Lance Ferris, Russell E. Johnson, Christopher C. Rosen, Emilija Djurdjevic, Chu Hsiang Chang, James A. Tan

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Abstract

Integrating implications from regulatory focus and approach/avoidance motivation theories, we present a framework wherein motivational orientations toward positive (approach motivation orientation) or negative (avoidance motivation orientation) stimuli interact with workplace success to mediate the relation of core self-evaluation (CSE) with job satisfaction. Using data collected from supervisor- subordinate dyads (Sample 1) and time-lagged data (Sample 2), we found that the results from two studies indicated that the interaction of workplace success and avoidance motivation orientation mediated relations of CSE with job satisfaction. Although approach motivation orientation did not interact with workplace success, it did mediate the CSE-job satisfaction relation on its own. Implications for the CSE and approach/avoidance literatures are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)342-353
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Applied Psychology
Volume98
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 7 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Applied Psychology

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