Vocational identity as a mediator of the relationship between core self-evaluations and life and job satisfaction
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Vocational identity as a mediator of the relationship between core self-evaluations and life and job satisfaction. / Hirschi, Andreas.
In: Applied Psychology, Vol. 60, No. 4, 10.2011, p. 622-644.Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Vocational identity as a mediator of the relationship between core self-evaluations and life and job satisfaction
AU - Hirschi, Andreas
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - This study investigated whether vocational identity achievement mediates the relation between basic personality dispositions (i.e. core self-evaluations) and career and well-being outcomes in terms of job and life satisfaction. Two studies with Swiss adolescents were conducted. Study 1 (N= 310) investigated students in eighth grade, prior to making the transition to vocational education and training (VET); it showed that vocational identity related positively to life satisfaction but that this relationship disappeared once core self-evaluations were controlled. Study 2 (N= 150) investigated students in their second year of VET; it showed that job satisfaction was unrelated to identity and self-evaluations. However, identity fully mediated the relation between self-evaluations and life satisfaction.
AB - This study investigated whether vocational identity achievement mediates the relation between basic personality dispositions (i.e. core self-evaluations) and career and well-being outcomes in terms of job and life satisfaction. Two studies with Swiss adolescents were conducted. Study 1 (N= 310) investigated students in eighth grade, prior to making the transition to vocational education and training (VET); it showed that vocational identity related positively to life satisfaction but that this relationship disappeared once core self-evaluations were controlled. Study 2 (N= 150) investigated students in their second year of VET; it showed that job satisfaction was unrelated to identity and self-evaluations. However, identity fully mediated the relation between self-evaluations and life satisfaction.
KW - Management studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84860413466&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00450.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1464-0597.2011.00450.x
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 60
SP - 622
EP - 644
JO - Applied Psychology
JF - Applied Psychology
SN - 0269-994X
IS - 4
ER -