Does Positive Wellbeing Predict Job Performance Three Months Later?

Does Positive Wellbeing Predict Job Performance Three Months Later?

Roberto Luna-Arocas & Ignacio Danvila-del-Valle

Applied Research in Quality of Life (2021) 16:1555–1569 JIF=3,447 Q1 Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-020-09835-0

Abstract

The present study examines the relationship between wellbeing and work performance in a twotime model. The model was based on the happy-productive worker hypothesis. Labour wellbeing (Time 1, T1) was measured with three constructs: job satisfaction, personal satisfaction, and organizational commitment, and showed good one dimensional adjustment in the second-order confirmatory factor analysis performed. We use a stratified sampling strategy, controlling for sex, age and whether workers were employed in the public or private sector. Of the 235 employees analysed in T1, 205 responded in Time 2 (T2). Results obtained through SEM analysis establish a positive and significant relationship between positive wellbeing and job performance. Likewise, job satisfaction and organizational commitment were the variable that most influenced the unidimensional welfare construct (0.902, p < 0.001 and 0.750, p < 0.001, respectively). Personal satisfaction showed a lower value (0.234, p < 0.01), and was the only one of the three variables that was context-free level. The article looks at the theoretical and professional implications of the results.

Keywords Positive wellbeing . Job satisfaction . Organizational commitment . Employee performance