title: Combined effects of positive and negative affectivity and job satisfaction on job performance and turnover intentions.
abstract: Capturing data from employee-supervisor dyads (N = 321) from eight organizations in Pakistan, including human service organizations, an electronics assembly plant, a packaging material manufacturing company, and a small food processing plant, we used moderated regression analysis to examine whether the relationships between trait affect (positive affectivity [PA] and negative affectivity [NA]) and two key work outcome variables (job performance and turnover) are contingent upon the level of job satisfaction. We applied the Trait Activation Theory to explain the moderating effect of job satisfaction on the relationship between affect and performance and between affect and turnover. Overall, the data supported our hypotheses. Positive and negative affectivity influenced performance and the intention to quit, and job satisfaction moderated these relationships. We discuss in detail the results of these findings and their implications for research and practice.
authors.affiliation: Goodman School of Business, Brock University, 500 Glenridge Avenue, Taro Hall, Office 417, St. Catharines, Ontario L2S 3A1, Canada. dbouckenooghe@brocku.ca
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bouckenooghe
authors.forename: Usman
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Raja
authors.forename: Arif Nazir
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Butt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000523:psychology*; D002605:Character; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D033182:Intention; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D010563:Personnel Turnover; D011582:Psychological Theory; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires