| This study investigated the relationship between core self-evaluation concept (CSEC) and job satisfaction (JS) and how the variables of job characteristics, goal orientations, goal commitments, and conscientiousness mediated the relationship between CSEC and JS. A path analysis was used to test the hypothesized relationships in the model. Data were gathered from company employees working for several small companies (100--200 employees) in the southeastern United States (N = 163). The companies were from the service sector, and included an accounting firm, a job safety products distributor, an architectural firm, an insurance company, a commercial construction company, and an office supply store.;This research built on the work of Judge, Locke, and Durhham (1997) and Judge, Bono, and Locke (2000) by replicating job characteristics mediational relationship between CSES and JS. It also replicated CSES' strong relationship to conscientiousness and goal commitment. The study also introduced goal orientation goal commitment and consciousness as additional mediators. The results challenge past findings by Judge and colleagues that CSES has a direct relationship to job satisfaction when different mediators are included with perception of job characteristics. The results also introduce new possibilities that motivation variables (goal orientation and goal orientation) mediate between CSES and JS. |
