OB Attitudes Prep

Job Attitudes

Evaluative appraisals of one’s job or job components (Judge & Kammeyer-Mueller, 2012).

Job Satisfaction

Positive feelings about one’s job.

Org Commitment

Emotional attachment to the organization.

Job Involvement

Identification with and investment in one’s job.

Job Engagement

High energy, focus, and dedication at work.

Job Performance

The effectiveness with which job duties are carried out

Job Characteristics Model

Core job features (e.g., autonomy, feedback) influence satisfaction through psychological states.

Affective Events Theory

Workplace events trigger affective reactions that shape attitudes over time.

Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) theory

Job demands can lead to strain and burnout, while job resources promote motivation, engagement, and performance

Theory of Planned Behavior

Behavior is driven by intentions, shaped by attitudes, norms, and perceived control over the behavior.

Conservation of Resources Theory

Stress arises from loss or threat to valued resources like time or energy

Demerouti+01

JDR theory citation

FishbeinAjzen95/Ajzen91

theory of planned behavior/theory of reasoned action citation

Hobfell89

COR theory citation

HackmanOldham76

job design impacts attitudes / job characteristics model citation

Humphrey+07

work design meta; updating JCM nomological network

Barrick+13

purposeful work behavior

CampbellWiernik15

perf types and definitions

Meyer+02

commitment nom net; 3 types of commitment

Judge+01

meta of job satis links

Judge+17

summarizes antecedents and outcomes of job attitudes

TettMeyer93

satisfaction and commitment contribute uniquely to turnover intention/withdrawal cognitions; satisfaction correlates more strongly with withdrawal cognitions than does commitment

Le+10

commitment and satis are empirically redundant

Riketta08

Job attitudes impact job performance but not bidirectional (only JA → JP)

Crawford+10

engagement and JDR model job demands -> incr burnout, job resources -> incr engage, decr burnout; demands appraised as challenges (incr engagement), appraised as hindrances (decr engagement)

WeissCropanzano96

affective events theory