The present study examined the mediating effect of work-family conflict on the relationships between job demands, life satisfaction and job satisfaction, and the moderating effect of psychological capital on the relationship between job demands and work-family conflict in the Chinese context. Two hundred and fifty middle-level managers from Chinese state-owned enterprises were recruited to complete a battery of self-report measures of work demands, work-family conflict, psychological capital, life satisfaction and job satisfaction. The results indicated that the effects of job demands on life and job satisfaction were fully mediated by work-family conflict. However, psychological capital did not moderate the relationship between job demands and work-family conflict. The implications of the results were discussed.
Work engagement is a core indicator that reflects the quality of teachers’ occupational lives and the development of students, but few studies have explored the connection between strengths use and work engagement of teachers and the mechanisms underlying this relationship. This paper aimed to investigate how the relation of strengths use with work engagement is affected by a teacher’s satisfaction of basic psychological needs. For this purpose, 648 teachers in China completed questionnaires. The results revealed that strengths use exhibited a positive correlation with work engagement and needs satisfaction. Furthermore, autonomy, competence, and relatedness satisfaction mediated the effect of strengths use on work engagement for teachers. The results suggest that autonomy, competence, and relatedness satisfaction serve as factors that mediate the effect of strengths use on work engagement. The significance and limitations of the study are discussed.
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