The impact of work success, congruency, and individual differences on well-being.
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Title
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The impact of work success, congruency, and individual differences on well-being.
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Identifier
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AAI9020802
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identifier
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9020802
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Creator
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Rothberg, Helen N.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Abraham Korman
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Date
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1990
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Business Administration, Management | Psychology, Social | Psychology, Industrial
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Abstract
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The literature addressing the impact of work success on well-being is inconclusive; work success has been found both to enhance and hamper well-being. Clinical research suggests that achieving work success may produce value incongruities that result in feelings of alienation and dismay. Congruency theory research suggests that well-being is increased by a person/work environment fit. The interactive effects of work success and congruency on well-being have not been studied. This research investigated the impact of work success, congruency, and the work success/congruency interaction as moderated by individual difference variables, on well-being.;Well-being was conceptualized as having two dimensions: cognitive, reflecting life satisfaction, and affective, reflecting feelings about life. Each was measured with both single and multiple item scales. Data were gathered from the respondent and one significant other. Work success was measured objectively using job title, number of promotions and responsibility changes, and income level, and subjectively through respondent perception of success at work. Congruency, the fit between "ideal" and "attained" work values, was determined by difference scoring of two parallel work value scales. Individual difference variables included gender, negative affectivity and work role salience.;The sample consisted of 331 executives, managers, and professionals from the New York metropolitan area. Hypothesis testing primarily utilized multiple and moderated regression analysis. Other parametric and nonparametric procedures were employed as appropriate.;Multiple regression analyses identified perceived success as the only work success variable having a significant relationship with all well-being measures. Congruency demonstrated a significant but weaker relationship with self-reported well-being. The interaction of objective work success and congruency produced significant relationships with at least one well-being analysis.;Moderated multiple regression analyses revealed that gender and NA moderated the following interactions in at least half of the well-being analyses: perceived success/congruency, promotions/congruency, and responsibility changes/congruency. WRS moderated interactions between perceived success/congruency and promotions/congruency in half of the well-being analyses, while interactions between responsibility changes/congruency and income level/congruency were significant in one well-being measure.;Methodological and conceptual limitations of the study were addressed, i.e., the findings for certain variables may be confounded by their measurement and the generalizability of findings may be hampered by the sample.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
