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The job satisfaction-performance relationship is one of the most frequently
examined in the organizational sciences, yet one of the least successfully
resolved. Research in the area of subjective well-being suggests that the
experience of work is multifaceted (Diener, 1984). Acknowledging the comple
xity and perhaps multifaceted nature of the job satisfaction-performance re
lationship might lead to more fruitful efforts to understand the dynamics o
f this association. In this study, we hypothesized and found support for th
e contention that value attainment and affective disposition would demonstr
ate complex interactions with performance and satisfaction. The sample cons
isted of 270 managerial personnel of national hotel chains located across t
he United States. Three-way interactions demonstrated that the strongest po
sitive relationship between job satisfaction and performance occurred when
high value attainment was coupled with either high positive or low negative
affective disposition. Implications of these results and directions for fu
ture research are discussed. (C) 1999 Academic Press.