A Working Well-Being: The Individual’s Relation to Their Job Relates to Their Well-Being
(2020) PSYK11 20192Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- Work takes up a lot of our time and a third of our lives. The purpose of this study is to examine how an individual’s view of their work relates to their well-being. The study uses a survey to explore what views of the job that the participants (N = 240) have. Job satisfaction was measured with semantic measures, that is open-ended questions analysed with AI, and the Generic Job satisfaction Scale. The Satisfaction With Life Scale and the Harmony In Life Scale measured participants’ well-being. Analyses of the semantic measures showed that words such as money described job satisfaction and stress described dissatisfaction (t(2630)=46.48, p<.001). The semantic similarity scores between described personal job satisfaction and a job... (More)
- Work takes up a lot of our time and a third of our lives. The purpose of this study is to examine how an individual’s view of their work relates to their well-being. The study uses a survey to explore what views of the job that the participants (N = 240) have. Job satisfaction was measured with semantic measures, that is open-ended questions analysed with AI, and the Generic Job satisfaction Scale. The Satisfaction With Life Scale and the Harmony In Life Scale measured participants’ well-being. Analyses of the semantic measures showed that words such as money described job satisfaction and stress described dissatisfaction (t(2630)=46.48, p<.001). The semantic similarity scores between described personal job satisfaction and a job satisfaction word norm (participant generated text that describes high job satisfaction) correlated with the Generic Job Satisfaction scale (r = .55) the strongest; hence this can be seen as a new word-based measure of job satisfaction, as an alternative to numeric scales. The semantic similarity scores correlated significantly with all numeric scales (r = .35 to r = .55, p<.001) and word-responses significantly predicted numeric scales (r = .38 to r =.58, p<.001). Participants described their job-satisfaction with words such as rewarding, happy and challenging. The study demonstrates how a person’s view of their work is connected to their subjective well-being. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- Arbetet tar upp mycket av vår tid och en tredjedel av våra liv. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur en individs syn på sitt arbete relaterar till deras välbefinnande. Studien använder en enkät för att undersöka vilka synpunkter på jobbet deltagarna (N = 240) har. Arbetstillfredsställelse mättes med semantiska mätningar, som är öppna frågor analyserade med AI, och med Generic Job Satisfaction Scale. Satisfaction With Life Scale och Harmony In Life Scale mätte deltagarnas välbefinnande. Analyser av de semantiska måtten visade att ord som pengar beskrev arbetstillfredsställelse och stress beskrev arbetsotillfredsställelse (t (2630) = 46,48, p <0,001). De semantiska likhetspoängen mellan beskrivna personliga arbetstillfredsställelsen... (More)
- Arbetet tar upp mycket av vår tid och en tredjedel av våra liv. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur en individs syn på sitt arbete relaterar till deras välbefinnande. Studien använder en enkät för att undersöka vilka synpunkter på jobbet deltagarna (N = 240) har. Arbetstillfredsställelse mättes med semantiska mätningar, som är öppna frågor analyserade med AI, och med Generic Job Satisfaction Scale. Satisfaction With Life Scale och Harmony In Life Scale mätte deltagarnas välbefinnande. Analyser av de semantiska måtten visade att ord som pengar beskrev arbetstillfredsställelse och stress beskrev arbetsotillfredsställelse (t (2630) = 46,48, p <0,001). De semantiska likhetspoängen mellan beskrivna personliga arbetstillfredsställelsen och en ordnorm för arbetstillfredsställelse (text genererad av deltagare som beskriver hög arbetstillfredsställelse) korrelerade med Generic Job Satisfaction Scale(r = .55) starkast; därför kan detta ses som ett nytt ordbaserat mått på arbetstillfredsställelse, som ett alternativ till numeriska skalor. De semantiska likhetspoängen korrelerade signifikant med alla numeriska skalor (r = .35 till r = .55, p <.001) och ordsvar predicerade signifikant de numeriska skalorna (r = .38 till r = .58, p <.001). Deltagarna beskrev sin arbetstillfredsställelse med ord som givande, glad och utmanande. Studien visar hur en persons syn på sitt arbete är kopplat till deras subjektiva välbefinnande. (Less)
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- author
- Mårtensson, Linnea LU and Dolovski, Sofia LU
- supervisor
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- Oscar Kjell LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Ett arbetande välbefinnande: Individers relation till deras jobb relaterar till deras välbefinnande
- course
- PSYK11 20192
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Well-being, job satisfaction, semantic measures, Satisfaction With Life, Harmony In Life, view of work.
- language
- English
- id
- 9003602
- date added to LUP
- 2020-01-31 14:01:29
- date last changed
- 2020-01-31 14:01:29
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abstract = {{Work takes up a lot of our time and a third of our lives. The purpose of this study is to examine how an individual’s view of their work relates to their well-being. The study uses a survey to explore what views of the job that the participants (N = 240) have. Job satisfaction was measured with semantic measures, that is open-ended questions analysed with AI, and the Generic Job satisfaction Scale. The Satisfaction With Life Scale and the Harmony In Life Scale measured participants’ well-being. Analyses of the semantic measures showed that words such as money described job satisfaction and stress described dissatisfaction (t(2630)=46.48, p<.001). The semantic similarity scores between described personal job satisfaction and a job satisfaction word norm (participant generated text that describes high job satisfaction) correlated with the Generic Job Satisfaction scale (r = .55) the strongest; hence this can be seen as a new word-based measure of job satisfaction, as an alternative to numeric scales. The semantic similarity scores correlated significantly with all numeric scales (r = .35 to r = .55, p<.001) and word-responses significantly predicted numeric scales (r = .38 to r =.58, p<.001). Participants described their job-satisfaction with words such as rewarding, happy and challenging. The study demonstrates how a person’s view of their work is connected to their subjective well-being.}},
author = {{Mårtensson, Linnea and Dolovski, Sofia}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{A Working Well-Being: The Individual’s Relation to Their Job Relates to Their Well-Being}},
year = {{2020}},
}