Differential Associations of Subjective Well-being with Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Sample of Korean Workers
Eunkyong Kim, Seung-Gul Kang, Kyoung-Sae NaObjective:
This study aims to clarify the distinction between job satisfaction and organizational commitment to elucidate their differential links to mental health and to inform occupational mental health interventions.
Methods:
We analyzed nationally representative data. Job satisfaction and organizational commitment were assessed using validated scales. To directly compare the strength of associations between hedonic subjective well-being and each outcome while accounting for correlated error terms, we conducted a cross-equation coefficient equality test based on seemingly unrelated estimation with robust variance estimation.
Results:
Hedonic Subjective well-being was positively associated with both job satisfaction and organizational commitment after covariate adjustment. However, cross-equation tests showed that the association was significantly stronger for job satisfaction.
Conclusions:
These findings highlight the importance of promoting hedonic subjective well-being as a core component of occupational mental health strategies.