Work Related Well-Being Is Associated with Individual Subjective Well-Being

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• Personal Author:
  Ray TK
• Description:
  This study utilizes Gallup-ShareCare Well-being Index data to investigate the association between work-related well-being, i.e., job satisfaction, and overall subjective well-being among US workers. Subjective well-being is measured by i) daily positive and negative emotional experiences - happiness, smiles, enjoyment, sadness, anger, worry, and stress (hedonic well-being); and ii) current and future life evaluation (evaluative well-being). The study finds significant positive relationships between job satisfaction and subjective well-being both in terms of higher odds of positive hedonic experiences and increased life evaluation scores after controlling for covariates and other nonwork-related contributors to well-being. Job satisfaction accounted for a 14% increase in current and an 8% increase in future life evaluation scores. The results emphasize that not only the income generated by work but the quality of work is also important for worker well-being. In fact, those without a job had higher well-being than those workers who are dissatisfied at work. This is probably the first study that relates work-related well-being to overall well-being, using a nationally representative sample of US workers. Further, this is one of the few instances where the subjective measure of well-being is used in the occupational safety and health literature. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Well-being Employee Satisfaction Evaluative Gallup Hedonic Job Satisfaction Job Stress Occupational Psychology Quality Of Work Life QWL Unemployment Work Work-life Balance Worker Health Work Organization

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• ISSN:
  0019-8366
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OD - Office of the Director
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  242-252
• Volume:
  60
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064053
• Citation:
  Ind Health 2022 May; 60(3):242-252
• Contact Point Address:
  Tapas K Ray, PhD, Economics Research and Support Office, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, MS/C-24, 1150 Tusculum Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
• Email:
  CVT1@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Industrial Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:380eae59e8c616b559903813dc094a572db9a9611a477eecbf19c649ec32de99d5c296fd0528298550654e7dc30267dd757793c84e40398aac30c8e479d58559
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/222579/cdc_222579_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.28 MB ]