Psychological need satisfaction across work and personal life: an empirical test of a comprehensive typology
IntroductionA comprehensive typology of the satisfaction of psychological needs at work and in personal life was developed and tested. The typology proposes five scenarios (Enriched, Middling, Impoverished, Work-Fulfilled, and Personal Life-Fulfilled) accounting for various profiles of employees sho...
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| description | IntroductionA comprehensive typology of the satisfaction of psychological needs at work and in personal life was developed and tested. The typology proposes five scenarios (Enriched, Middling, Impoverished, Work-Fulfilled, and Personal Life-Fulfilled) accounting for various profiles of employees showing distinct configurations of global and specific levels of need satisfaction at work and in personal life.MethodsThe scenarios were tested in a sample of 1,024 employees.ResultsUsing latent profile analysis, five profiles were identified that were consistent with four or the five scenarios, either aligned (Globally Satisfied, Globally Unsatisfied) or misaligned (Globally Satisfied at Work with High Relatedness, Globally Satisfied in Personal Life with High Autonomy, and Globally Satisfied in Personal Life with Low Autonomy) across domains. No profile corresponding to the Middling scenario was observed.DiscussionThe results indicate that perceived job and individual characteristics predicted membership in distinct profiles. More importantly, unlike the profile Globally Unsatisfied, the profile Globally Satisfied contributed substantially to higher well-being (vitality and lower psychological distress), and to more favorable job attitudes (job satisfaction and lower turnover intentions) and behaviors (self-rated job performance and lower absenteeism, presenteeism, and work injuries). Furthermore, two of the misaligned profiles were also substantially associated with highly desirable outcome levels. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27f5348aa1cf4e1f9b42aad522f135e12023-09-06T20:02:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782023-09-011410.3389/fpsyg.2023.12164501216450Psychological need satisfaction across work and personal life: an empirical test of a comprehensive typologyClaude Fernet0Alexandre J. S. Morin1Marcus B. Mueller2Nicolas Gillet3Nicolas Gillet4Stéphanie Austin5Département de gestion des ressources humaines, École de Gestion, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, CanadaDepartment of Psychology, Substantive-Methodological Synergy Research Laboratory, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Management, Jack Welch College of Business and Technology, Sacred Hearth University, Luxembourg, LuxembourgInstitut Universitaire de France, Paris, FranceDépartement de psychologie, Université de Tours, Tours, FranceDépartement de gestion des ressources humaines, École de Gestion, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, CanadaIntroductionA comprehensive typology of the satisfaction of psychological needs at work and in personal life was developed and tested. The typology proposes five scenarios (Enriched, Middling, Impoverished, Work-Fulfilled, and Personal Life-Fulfilled) accounting for various profiles of employees showing distinct configurations of global and specific levels of need satisfaction at work and in personal life.MethodsThe scenarios were tested in a sample of 1,024 employees.ResultsUsing latent profile analysis, five profiles were identified that were consistent with four or the five scenarios, either aligned (Globally Satisfied, Globally Unsatisfied) or misaligned (Globally Satisfied at Work with High Relatedness, Globally Satisfied in Personal Life with High Autonomy, and Globally Satisfied in Personal Life with Low Autonomy) across domains. No profile corresponding to the Middling scenario was observed.DiscussionThe results indicate that perceived job and individual characteristics predicted membership in distinct profiles. More importantly, unlike the profile Globally Unsatisfied, the profile Globally Satisfied contributed substantially to higher well-being (vitality and lower psychological distress), and to more favorable job attitudes (job satisfaction and lower turnover intentions) and behaviors (self-rated job performance and lower absenteeism, presenteeism, and work injuries). Furthermore, two of the misaligned profiles were also substantially associated with highly desirable outcome levels.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1216450/fullneed satisfactionwork and personal life balancelatent profile analyseswell-beingjob attitudes and behaviors |
| spellingShingle | Claude Fernet Alexandre J. S. Morin Marcus B. Mueller Nicolas Gillet Nicolas Gillet Stéphanie Austin Psychological need satisfaction across work and personal life: an empirical test of a comprehensive typology Frontiers in Psychology need satisfaction work and personal life balance latent profile analyses well-being job attitudes and behaviors |
| title | Psychological need satisfaction across work and personal life: an empirical test of a comprehensive typology |
| title_full | Psychological need satisfaction across work and personal life: an empirical test of a comprehensive typology |
| title_fullStr | Psychological need satisfaction across work and personal life: an empirical test of a comprehensive typology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychological need satisfaction across work and personal life: an empirical test of a comprehensive typology |
| title_short | Psychological need satisfaction across work and personal life: an empirical test of a comprehensive typology |
| title_sort | psychological need satisfaction across work and personal life an empirical test of a comprehensive typology |
| topic | need satisfaction work and personal life balance latent profile analyses well-being job attitudes and behaviors |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1216450/full |
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