title: Life Domain Satisfactions as Predictors of Overall Life Satisfaction Among Workers: Evidence from Chile.
abstract: This article examines the subjective antecedents of life satisfaction of workers. Adopting a 'bottom-up' perspective, we assessed the unique influence that satisfaction with multiple life domains have on evaluative judgments of overall life satisfaction. Based on a nationwide sample of 530 Chilean workers, we simultaneously tested the effects of seven life domain satisfactions that have been consistently included in extant models of life satisfaction and subjective well-being. These were satisfaction with health, financial situation, social relationships, one's self-worth, leisure-time, family, and work. Having controlled for age and gender, results showed that satisfaction with one's financial situation was the dominant predictor of overall life satisfaction of workers, with a weight of .36. Satisfaction with family, work, and health had effects of .25, .14, and .14, respectively. Interestingly, satisfaction with one's self-worth, leisure-time, and social relationships did not have statistically significant effects on life satisfaction, although the first two showed t values near the critical value.
authors.affiliation: Leadership Development Research Centre (GLEAD), ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University, Av. Torre Blanca, 59, 08172 Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Loewe
authors.affiliation: Institute for Innovation and Knowledge Management (IIK), ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bagherzadeh
authors.affiliation: Observatory of Spanish Multinational Companies (OEME)/Department of Strategy and General Management, ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University, Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Araya-Castillo
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Economía y Empresa, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thieme
authors.affiliation: Leadership Development Research Centre (GLEAD), ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University, Av. Torre Blanca, 59, 08172 Sant Cugat del Vallès, Spain.
authors.forename: Joan Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Batista-Foguet
keywords: Chile; Life domains; Life satisfaction; Subjective well-being; Workers