Question

How do mood, emotion, positive affectivity (PA) and negative affectivity (NA) relate to job satisfaction? What possibilities does this provide for future measurement of job satisfaction? (Be sure to define each term in your answer)

Answer 1

Emotions are short-lived feelings. They do not last for very long like happiness, sadness, anger and etcetera. However, mood lasts longer. Unlike emotions, mood is either positive or negative. It could be affected due to daily life activities or could be an outcome of one's head space. Positive affectivity and negative affectivity are considered to be personality traits, which reflect in one's emotional experience. Individuals with a positive affectivity are enthusiastic, cheerful, ecstatic, motivated. An individual with positive affectivity would work harder to perform better, be enthusiastic about new projects; all of these things would lead to job satisfaction. He would be in a good head space, happy with his job, resulting in better performance and job satisfaction. Negative affectivity on the hand involves emotions like, anger, fear and disgust. Individuals high on negative affectivity would often be dull, would plainly drag themselves to work, they would not enjoy doing what they are. This would result in a gloomy head space which would affect their performance and eventually aggravate the problem of no job satisfaction. Positive affectivity and negative affectivity can be measured through tests. Organizations must administer these tests on potential employees to determine the measure for job satisfaction through PA and NA testing.