Job satisfaction: impact of work design and corporate volunteering
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- Title
- Job satisfaction: impact of work design and corporate volunteering
- Creator
- Nina Papazyan
- Supervisor
- Marina Rachitskiy.
- Date
- 2016
- Abstract
- Background Information: Job Satisfaction as a concept has deservingly provoked an extensive amount of attention among psychology researchers. Despite numerous studies on the direct relationship between work design and job satisfaction, as well as various studies on corporate volunteering and job satisfaction, none has examined corporate volunteering as a mediating factor. At the same time, research shows contradicting schools of thought on how work design affects ones motivations to participate in corporate volunteering as well as the likelihood of volunteering. A compelling, albeit never tested, theory by Grant (2012), rests on compensatory mechanisms suggesting that depleted work design leads to increased volunteering motivation. Aim: The aim of this study is to test a model in which job satisfaction is presented as a dependent variable, work design and volunteering motives are presented as independent variables, corporate volunteering is a mediating variable. Additionally, within this context, the aim is to test Grants (2012) theory on how work design affects volunteering motives. Method: Quantitative, non-experimental with a cross-sectional approach consisting of three self-report questionnaires assessing: work design, volunteering motivations and job satisfaction. Participants: The sample consisted of 12 males and 40 females (N=52), aged 19 to 58 years (M = 31.69, SD = 5.79). Results: Hypothesis 1 was partially accepted with the task characteristics of work design being a statistically significant predictor for job satisfaction. Hypotheses 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 were rejected. Conclusions: Alternative theories were considered to explain the results that lead to rejecting most of the hypotheses proposed in this study. Implications for those who are responsible in designing task characteristics were considered and suggestions for future research, such as utilising further measures and increasing the sample size, were made.
- Subject
- Job satisfaction|Voluntarism||
- Psychology
- Extent
- 93 pages ; 31 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- Regent's University London
- degree
- MSc Psychology
- Language
- English
- Date Issued
- 2016
- Type
- Thesis & Dissertation
- Rights Holder
- Regent's University London & Nina Papazyan
- Item sets
- Theses or Dissertation