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Antecedents of subjective well-being at work – the case of French permanent employees

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  • Philippe Orsini
  • Toru Uchida
  • Remy Magnier-Watanabe
  • Caroline Benton
  • Kimihiko Nagata

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Purpose - We empirically assessed the antecedents of subjective well-being at work for French permanent employees. Design/methodology/approach - The methodology includes qualitative and quantitative data analyses. In the first phase, interviews elicited the antecedents of subjective well-being at work among permanent French employees. In the second phase, a questionnaire survey was used to confirm the relevance of the antecedents uncovered in the first phase. Findings - We found 14 distinct elements that influence French employees’ subjective well-being at work: corporate culture, job dissonance, relationships with colleagues, achievement, professional development, relationships with superiors, status, workload, perks, feedback, workspace, diversity and pay. Moreover, we identified discrete antecedents for the three components of subjective well-being at work: work achievement and relationships with superiors and colleagues for positive emotions at work, job dissonance and workload for negative emotions at work and organizational culture and professional development for satisfaction with one’s work. Originality/value - The original contribution of this study is to have unpacked the black box of the antecedents of subjective well-being in the French workplace and to have uncovered discriminant predictors for each of the three components of subjective well-being at work. Furthermore, we specifically linked each of these three components with their most significant antecedents.

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  • Philippe Orsini & Toru Uchida & Remy Magnier-Watanabe & Caroline Benton & Kimihiko Nagata, 2024. "Antecedents of subjective well-being at work – the case of French permanent employees," Evidence-based HRM, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 12(4), pages 1040-1062, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:ebhrmp:ebhrm-04-2023-0092
    DOI: 10.1108/EBHRM-04-2023-0092
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