Causality of the satisfaction–performance relationship: A task experiment
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Dudasova, Ludmila
Vaculik, Martin
Prochazka, Jakub
Svitavska, Petra
Patton, Gregory
Abstract / Description
Despite the common belief among practitioners that a happy worker is a productive worker, researchers have been struggling to understand the causality between satisfaction and performance for decades. This study attempts to bring clarity to current understanding through an experiment with repeated measures of satisfaction and performance. A total of 143 participants repeatedly performed a task based on the Stroop test, with their objective performance and task satisfaction measured each time. Two different types of feedback (high/low performance) were randomly assigned to participants in order to manipulate perceived performance. The data were analyzed using a path analysis. The results support the hypothesized influence of task satisfaction on task performance and of perceived task performance on task satisfaction.
Keyword(s)
satisfaction performance autonomy need for autonomy feedbackPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2023-02-28
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
Volume
19
Issue
1
Page numbers
48–66
Publisher
PsychOpen GOLD
Publication status
publishedVersion
Review status
peerReviewed
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Dudasova, L., Vaculik, M., Prochazka, J., Svitavska, P., & Patton, G. (2023). Causality of the satisfaction–performance relationship: A task experiment. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 19(1), 48-66. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.4075
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Dudasova, Ludmila
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Vaculik, Martin
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Prochazka, Jakub
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Svitavska, Petra
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Patton, Gregory
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Date of first publication2023-02-28
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Abstract / DescriptionDespite the common belief among practitioners that a happy worker is a productive worker, researchers have been struggling to understand the causality between satisfaction and performance for decades. This study attempts to bring clarity to current understanding through an experiment with repeated measures of satisfaction and performance. A total of 143 participants repeatedly performed a task based on the Stroop test, with their objective performance and task satisfaction measured each time. Two different types of feedback (high/low performance) were randomly assigned to participants in order to manipulate perceived performance. The data were analyzed using a path analysis. The results support the hypothesized influence of task satisfaction on task performance and of perceived task performance on task satisfaction.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationDudasova, L., Vaculik, M., Prochazka, J., Svitavska, P., & Patton, G. (2023). Causality of the satisfaction–performance relationship: A task experiment. Europe's Journal of Psychology, 19(1), 48-66. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.4075
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/8333
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.12810
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.4075
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.7965
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Is related tohttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.7965
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Keyword(s)satisfactionen_US
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Keyword(s)performanceen_US
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Keyword(s)autonomyen_US
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Keyword(s)need for autonomyen_US
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Keyword(s)feedbacken_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleCausality of the satisfaction–performance relationship: A task experimenten_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers48–66
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Volume19
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Visible tag(s)Version of Recorden_US