• J Occup Health Psychol · Oct 2012

    Industry growth, work role characteristics, and job satisfaction: a cross-level mediation model.

    • Michael T Ford and Jessica D Wooldridge.
    • Department of Psychology, University at Albany, SUNY, USA. mford@albany.edu
    • J Occup Health Psychol. 2012 Oct 1; 17 (4): 492-504.

    AbstractThe associations between industry revenue growth, individual work role characteristics, and job satisfaction were examined in this cross-level mediation analysis. Work roles were expected to be more autonomous, involve greater skill variety, and offer more opportunities for growth and development for workers in growing industries than for workers in declining industries. Supervisor support was also hypothesized to be stronger for workers in high-growth industries. Results from a nationally representative (U.S.) sample of service industry workers, using multilevel modeling, supported these propositions and suggest that job enrichment mediates relations between industry growth and job satisfaction. Associations between industry growth and autonomy were also stronger among workers in occupations that are less normatively autonomous, suggesting that industry growth fosters a weakening, and industry decline a strengthening, of traditional differences in autonomy across work roles. These results contribute to a multilevel perspective on organizational environments, individual work roles, and worker attitudes and well-being.

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