Cookies, Disposition, and Job Attitudes: The Effects of Positive Mood-Inducing Events and Negative Affectivity on Job Satisfaction in a Field Experiment

Reasoning from findings in a variety of literatures, three hypotheses were advanced: (1) negative affectivity (NA), a disposition to experience aversive emotional states, is associated negatively with job satisfaction; (2) positive mood-inducing events at the time of questionnaire administration inc...

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Published in:Organizational behavior and human decision processes 1995-04, Vol.62 (1), p.55-62
Main Authors: Brief, Arthur P., Butcher, Ann Houston, Roberson, Loriann
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Employee attitude
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Hypotheses
Job satisfaction
Medical personnel
Motivation. Job satisfaction. Attitude
Occupational psychology
Psychological aspects
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Questionnaires
Studies
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Summary:Reasoning from findings in a variety of literatures, three hypotheses were advanced: (1) negative affectivity (NA), a disposition to experience aversive emotional states, is associated negatively with job satisfaction; (2) positive mood-inducing events at the time of questionnaire administration increases job satisfaction; and (3) NA and positive mood-inducing events interact such that the effects on job satisfaction of positive events are weaker among high NA individuals than it is among low NAs. Support was obtained for all three hypotheses among a sample of 57 hospital workers randomly assigned to attend on-site questionnaire administration sessions at which small gifts (e.g., cookies) were or were not distributed. Implications of the findings are discussed in terms of the need to broaden further theoretical perspectives on job satisfaction. More generally, they also are discussed in reference to the study of the effects of NA and mood on judgments.
ISSN:0749-5978
1095-9920
DOI:10.1006/obhd.1995.1030