Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences

The mediating role of job characteristics in the relationship between job satisfaction and self-efficacy in job decision making among employees of Islamic Azad University of West Mazandaran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Maryam Abbas ghorbani 1
Javad Khalatbari 2
1 PhD student General Psychology , Department of Psychology,Rasht Branch , Islamic Azad University,Rasht ,Iran.
2 Associate Professor ، Department of Psychology , Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran. (Corresponding author)
10.22038/mjms.2022.52502.3057
Abstract
Introduction
The aim of this study was to mediate the role of job characteristics in the relationship between job satisfaction and self-efficacy in job decision making in employees of Islamic Azad University of West Mazandaran.
Material and Methods
This study was a correlational study and the study population included the staff of West Mazandaran Azad University. Using relative class sampling method, 500 people were selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data collection tools were researcher-made self-efficacy questionnaire, Satisfied Job Characteristics Questionnaire (2011) and Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire.
Results
Analysis of data using structural equation modeling showed that between job satisfaction and self-efficacy in job decision making with a coefficient of 0.54, between job characteristics and self-efficacy in job decision making with a coefficient of 0.84 and between job satisfaction and job characteristics with a coefficient of 0.66 there are 0 relationships.
Conclusion
As a result, there is a relationship between job satisfaction and self-efficacy in job decision making with the mediating role of job characteristics. The results of this study indicate the need to pay attention to promoting job satisfaction in employees of the Islamic Azad University of West Mazandaran.
Keywords
Job characteristics
Job satisfaction
Self-efficacy in job decision making
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Medical Journal of Mashhad university of Medical Sciences
Volume 65, Issue 1
May and June 2022
Pages 29-38