Subjective well-being as a moderator between job satisfaction and job performance: A conceptual framework

Abstract

The model proposed in this paper is based on the premise that "an attitude predicts behaviour". Following this logic, the attitude considered for present study is job satisfaction and the behaviour is employee job performance. Previous studies have either provided minimal or no relationship bteween job satisfaction and employee job performance. Enough research has been conducted to understand direct relationship, however literature suggests that there exist influence of other variables such as organizational tenure, cognitive ability, need for achievement, career stage, and pressure for performance on the proposed relationship. It can be drawn from the existing literature that an employee satisfied with his/her job situation is expected to demonstrate better job performance. However, a well-being employee is more likely than those less well-being strives to foster and facilitate increased level of job performance. As a result, recent research has increasingly come to recognize the importance of possible moderator variable, leading to expressive and meaningful relationship between job satisfaction and job performance. To that expiration, it has been proposed that subjective wellbeing moderates the relation between job satisfaction and job performance relationship. Possible managerial implications and scope for further research have been placed in the paper. Serials Publications Pvt. Ltd.