How You Feel About Yourself Can Affect How You Feel About Your Job:
A Meta-Analysis Examining the Relationship of Core Self-Evaluations and Job Satisfaction

Lemelle, Chloe J.; Scielzo, Shannon A.

JOURNAL OF BUSINESS DIVERSITY

How You Feel About Yourself Can Affect How You Feel About Your Job:

A Meta-Analysis Examining the Relationship of Core

Self-Evaluations and Job Satisfaction

Author(s): Chloe J. Lemelle, Shannon A. Scielzo

Citation: Chloe J. Lemelle, Shannon A. Scielzo, (2012) "How You Feel About Yourself Can Affect How You Feel About Your Job: A Meta-Analysis Examining the Relationship of Core Self-Evaluations and Job Satisfaction," Journal of Business Diversity, Vol.12, Iss. 3, pp. 116 - 133

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

The construct of core self-evaluations has been recognized as one of the most significant dispositional predictors of job satisfaction. The current study meta-analyzed the relationship between core selfevaluations and job satisfaction and found a moderate, positive relationship. Characteristics of the samples (such as gender, race, age, and organizational tenure), and characteristics of the research design (such as type of core self-evaluation measurement used and author type) were examined as potential moderators of the relationship between core self-evaluations and job satisfaction in this study. The findings along with practical implications are discussed and outlined.