Social Network Structure as a Moderator of the Relationship between Psychological Capital and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from China

Although networking is reported to be a job search strategy in the literature, research on the interaction between social networking and other personal resources and its effect on job satisfaction is scarce. In the perspective of social networks, the present study explored whether the social network...

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Autores principales:	Fan Gu, Yuanyuan Xiao
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Publicado:	Hindawi-Wiley 2021
Materias:	Electronic computers. Computer science QA75.5-76.95
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ad7cf919398b494f9e787a9c484c28902021-11-15T01:20:01ZSocial Network Structure as a Moderator of the Relationship between Psychological Capital and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from China1099-052610.1155/2021/2550944https://doaj.org/article/ad7cf919398b494f9e787a9c484c28902021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/2550944https://doaj.org/toc/1099-0526Although networking is reported to be a job search strategy in the literature, research on the interaction between social networking and other personal resources and its effect on job satisfaction is scarce. In the perspective of social networks, the present study explored whether the social network structure, which consists of network size and tie strength, moderates the relationship between psychological capital and job satisfaction. By using a two-wave longitudinal design, we collected the quantitative data (survey of 344 undergraduate students who were about to graduate soon) from 19 universities in Beijing city, Shandong Province, and Jiangsu Province in Eastern China. Factor analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were adopted to analyze the data of the survey. We found that psychological capital has a positive impact on job seekers’ job satisfaction. Furthermore, smaller networks and weaker ties in social networks both render the positive effect of psychological capital on job satisfaction even stronger.Fan GuYuanyuan XiaoHindawi-WileyarticleElectronic computers. Computer scienceQA75.5-76.95ENComplexity, Vol 2021 (2021)
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description	Although networking is reported to be a job search strategy in the literature, research on the interaction between social networking and other personal resources and its effect on job satisfaction is scarce. In the perspective of social networks, the present study explored whether the social network structure, which consists of network size and tie strength, moderates the relationship between psychological capital and job satisfaction. By using a two-wave longitudinal design, we collected the quantitative data (survey of 344 undergraduate students who were about to graduate soon) from 19 universities in Beijing city, Shandong Province, and Jiangsu Province in Eastern China. Factor analysis and hierarchical regression analysis were adopted to analyze the data of the survey. We found that psychological capital has a positive impact on job seekers’ job satisfaction. Furthermore, smaller networks and weaker ties in social networks both render the positive effect of psychological capital on job satisfaction even stronger.
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title	Social Network Structure as a Moderator of the Relationship between Psychological Capital and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from China
title_short	Social Network Structure as a Moderator of the Relationship between Psychological Capital and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from China
title_full	Social Network Structure as a Moderator of the Relationship between Psychological Capital and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from China
title_fullStr	Social Network Structure as a Moderator of the Relationship between Psychological Capital and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from China
title_full_unstemmed	Social Network Structure as a Moderator of the Relationship between Psychological Capital and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from China
title_sort	social network structure as a moderator of the relationship between psychological capital and job satisfaction: evidence from china
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Social Network Structure as a Moderator of the Relationship between Psychological Capital and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from China

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