Dispositional effects on job and life satisfaction: The role of core evaluations.
1998/01/01 by Timothy A. Judge, Edwin A. Locke, Cathy C. Durham +1 · 1,900 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · #Core (optical fiber) #Core self-evaluations #Emotional Intelligence and Performance #Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior #Job attitude #Job performance #Job satisfaction #Life satisfaction #Locus of control #Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction #Psychology #Social psychology
paper · doi:10.1037/0021-9010.83.1.17
published in Journal of Applied Psychology 83(1), 17-34 (American Psychological Association)
openalex publication_date 1998/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract
Past research has suggested that dispositional sources of job satisfaction can be traced to measures of affective temperament. The present research focused on another concept, core self-evaluations, which were hypothesized to comprise self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy, locus of control, and nonneuroticism. A model hypothesized that core self-evaluations would have direct effects on job and life satisfaction. It also was hypothesized that core self-evaluations would have indirect effects on job satisfaction. Data were collected from 3 independent samples in 2 countries, using dual source methodology. Results indicated that core self-evaluations had direct and indirect effects on job and life satisfaction. The statistical and logical relationship among core evaluations, affective disposition, and satisfaction was explored.
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