When and Why Does Materialism Relate to Employees' Attitudes and Well-being: The Mediational Role of Need Satisfaction and Need Frustration
Materialistic values may be detrimental for people's well-being. However, we know little about (i.e., explaining mechanisms) and (i.e., boundary conditions) this is the case. Although low satisfaction of the psychological needs is said to play a key role in this process, a recent meta-analysis...
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Published in | Frontiers in psychology Vol. 8; p. 1755 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Switzerland
Frontiers Media S.A
10.10.2017
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Summary: | Materialistic values may be detrimental for people's well-being. However, we know little about
(i.e., explaining mechanisms) and
(i.e., boundary conditions) this is the case. Although low satisfaction of the psychological needs is said to play a key role in this process, a recent meta-analysis indicates that the explaining power of need satisfaction is limited and suggests that need frustration may be more important. Moreover, although materialism may be detrimental in some life domains, studies in materialistic contexts such as work are lacking, particularly in the non-Western world. In response, we put need frustration to the fore and examine both need satisfaction and frustration as the underlying processes in the relation between materialism and employee attitudes and well-being in two Latin-American countries. The Chilean sample (
= 742) shows that materialism at work is associated with less positive (work satisfaction and engagement) and more negative (burnout and turnover intentions) outcomes, even when controlling for workers' income. Notably, need frustration explained the detrimental effects of materialism alongside need satisfaction in a unique manner, showing that it is essential to distinguish both constructs. Results were replicated in Paraguay (
= 518) using different positive (organizational commitment and meaning at work) and negative (negative emotions and job insecurity) outcomes, adding to the generalizability of our results across samples of different nations. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Edited by: Gabriela Topa, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain This article was submitted to Organizational Psychology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychology Reviewed by: Peizhen Sun, Jiangsu Normal University, China; Carlos María Alcover, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 1664-1078 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01755 |