Individual Differences in Work-Related Well-Being: The Role of Attachment Style

Abstract: Integrating theories of adult attachment and well-being at the workplace, the present study tested the role of attachment style in predicting work-related well-being in terms of job satisfaction and job involvement, over and above dispositional trait measures (emotional traits and work-related traits). A sample of workers took part in a correlational study that explored the relationships among a) adult attachment, b) emotional traits, c) work-related traits, and d) work-related well-being indices. The results showed that both secure and anxious attachment style explained workers’ job involvement, whereas the secure and avoidant attachment styles explained workers’ job satisfaction. The current findings thus confirm and expand the literature's emphasis on studying the variables and processes that underlie people's mental health in the work setting, and have implications for assessing and promoting well-being in the workplace. https://ejop.psychopen.eu/index.php/ejop/article/view/814

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Individual Differences in Work-Related Well-Being: The Role of Attachment Style ; volume:10 ; number:4 ; day:28 ; month:11 ; year:2014 ; Europe's journal of psychology ; 10, Heft 4 (28.11.2014)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Tiziana Lanciano ; Vanda Lucia Zammuner

Further information

• DOI: 10.5964/ejop.v10i4.814
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020101417393521763219
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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