COOKIES, DISPOSITION, AND JOB-ATTITUDES - THE EFFECTS OF POSITIVE MOOD-INDUCING EVENTS AND NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY ON JOB-SATISFACTION IN A FIELD EXPERIMENT
Ap. Brief et al., COOKIES, DISPOSITION, AND JOB-ATTITUDES - THE EFFECTS OF POSITIVE MOOD-INDUCING EVENTS AND NEGATIVE AFFECTIVITY ON JOB-SATISFACTION IN A FIELD EXPERIMENT, Organizational behavior and human decision processes, 62(1), 1995, pp. 55-62
Reasoning from findings in a variety of literatures, three hypotheses
were advanced: (1) negative affectivity (NA), a disposition to experie
nce aversive emotional states, is associated negatively with job satis
faction; (2) positive mood-inducing events at the time of questionnair
e administration increases job satisfaction; and (3) NA and positive m
ood-inducing events interact such that the effects on job satisfaction
of positive events are weaker among high NA individuals than it is am
ong low NAs. Support was obtained for all three hypotheses among a sam
ple of 57 hospital workers randomly assigned to attend on-site questio
nnaire administration sessions at which small gifts (e.g., cookies) we
re or were not distributed implications of the findings are discussed
in terms of the need to broaden further theoretical perspectives on jo
b satisfaction. More generally, they also are discussed in reference t
o the study of the effects of NA and mood on judgments. (C) 1995 Acade
mic Press, Inc.