The relationship between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in a collectivistic culture: the moderating role of cultural embededdness
This study investigates the moderating role of individual-level cultural orientation and integrating style of conflict management on the relationship between subordinates’ depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in a collectivistic culture. The results from 390 Malaysian respondents revealed tha...
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ukm-90182016-12-14T06:48:44Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9018/ The relationship between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in a collectivistic culture: the moderating role of cultural embededdness Nurul Ain Hidayah Abas, Kathleen Otto, Ramayah Thurasamy, This study investigates the moderating role of individual-level cultural orientation and integrating style of conflict management on the relationship between subordinates’ depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in a collectivistic culture. The results from 390 Malaysian respondents revealed that subordinates with lower levels of depressive symptoms display higher job satisfaction, strengthening the Affective Events Theory. Horizontal collectivism, vertical collectivism, and integrating (as a style of conflict management) are hypothesized to buffer the negative consequences of depressive symptoms. Using the Partial Least Squares (PLS-SEM) analysis, results suggested a negative relationship between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction. Supporting our moderating hypothesis, integrating style had an impact on the level of job satisfaction, in which higher job satisfaction was reported for high rather than low use of integrating style. The results provide new insights into the influence of interpersonal relationships in the shaping of a subordinate’s well-being and in relation to the culture in which they are embedded. From a managerial standpoint, intervention and training designed to enhance subordinates’ job satisfaction focusing on interpersonal skills are recommended. This paper describes what is considered to be the first study to examine the relationship between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in investigating the role of Malaysia as a collectivistic country at the individual level. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9018/1/144-492-1-PB.pdf Nurul Ain Hidayah Abas, and Kathleen Otto, and Ramayah Thurasamy, (2015) The relationship between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in a collectivistic culture: the moderating role of cultural embededdness. Jurnal Psikologi Malaysia, 29 (1). pp. 1-20. ISSN 2289-8174 http://spaj.ukm.my/ppppm/jpm/issue/view/22 |
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This study investigates the moderating role of individual-level cultural orientation and
integrating style of conflict management on the relationship between subordinates’
depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in a collectivistic culture. The results from 390
Malaysian respondents revealed that subordinates with lower levels of depressive symptoms
display higher job satisfaction, strengthening the Affective Events Theory. Horizontal
collectivism, vertical collectivism, and integrating (as a style of conflict management) are
hypothesized to buffer the negative consequences of depressive symptoms. Using the Partial
Least Squares (PLS-SEM) analysis, results suggested a negative relationship between
depressive symptoms and job satisfaction. Supporting our moderating hypothesis, integrating
style had an impact on the level of job satisfaction, in which higher job satisfaction was
reported for high rather than low use of integrating style. The results provide new insights
into the influence of interpersonal relationships in the shaping of a subordinate’s well-being
and in relation to the culture in which they are embedded. From a managerial standpoint,
intervention and training designed to enhance subordinates’ job satisfaction focusing on
interpersonal skills are recommended. This paper describes what is considered to be the first
study to examine the relationship between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in
investigating the role of Malaysia as a collectivistic country at the individual level. |
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The relationship between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in a collectivistic
culture: the moderating role of cultural embededdness |
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The relationship between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in a collectivistic
culture: the moderating role of cultural embededdness |
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The relationship between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in a collectivistic
culture: the moderating role of cultural embededdness |
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The relationship between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in a collectivistic
culture: the moderating role of cultural embededdness |
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The relationship between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in a collectivistic
culture: the moderating role of cultural embededdness |
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relationship between depressive symptoms and job satisfaction in a collectivistic
culture: the moderating role of cultural embededdness |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
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2015 |
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