Core self-evaluations in Japan: relative effects on job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and happiness

    Authors

    R. F. Piccolo; T. A. Judge; K. Takahashi; N. Watanabe;E. A. Locke

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Organ. Behav.

    Keywords

    CROSS-CULTURAL RESEARCH; EXTREME RESPONSE STYLE; PERSONALITY MEASURES; DISPOSITIONAL AFFECT; PERSONNEL-SELECTION; NEGATIVE AFFECT; PROJECT; GLOBE; ESTEEM; LOCUS; PERFORMANCE; Business; Psychology, Applied; Management

    Abstract

    The present study tested, in a non-Western culture (Japan), the relative validity in predicting job safisfaction, life satisfaction, and happiness of core self-evaluations (CSE), positive and negative affectivity (PA/NA), and the Neutral Objects Satisfaction Questionnaire (NOSQ). Consistent with previous results in primarily Western cultures, the four lower-order traits that comprise CSE-self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy, locus of control, and neuroticism-indicated a higher-order factor. While each lower-order trait was itself related to the study's criteria, the CSE concept displayed in general, higher correlations with the dependent variables, and explained incremental variance in two of the study's three outcomes beyond PA, NA, and the NOSQ. These results indicate initial support for the generalizability of CSE in a culture that differs in many respects from Western cultures, and suggest that judgments of satisfaction and happiness in a non-Western culture have a dispositional source. Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Organizational Behavior

    Volume

    26

    Issue/Number

    8

    Publication Date

    1-1-2005

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    965

    Last Page

    984

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000233676700005

    ISSN

    0894-3796

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