Role of Optimism on Employee Performance and Job Satisfaction

A New Brief Scale to Measure Optimism

“…It has become very important to perform research about instruments aimed to measure optimism in a valid and reliable manner since optimism is a psychological characteristic associated with many beneficial effects on many spheres of peoplés lives (see a very complete recent review of this topic in Carver & Scheier, 2014), for instance, physical and mental health (Conversano, Rotondo, Lensi, Della-Vista, Arpone, & Reda, 2010), interpersonal relationships (Sumi, 2006), family life (Esfahan & Rostami, 2016; Taylor, Larsen-Rife, Conger, Widaman, & Cutrona, 2010), professional life (Mishra, Patnaik, & Mishra, 2016), and the development of an overall sense of social well-being (Yu & Luo, 2018), More specifically, from a medical perspective, evidence shows that optimism decreases the level of anxiety and depression in cancer patients (Ahmad & Gaber, 2019; Lam et al., 2016; Orom, Nelson, Underwood, Homish, & Kapoor, 2015), improves sleep quality (Lau, Hui, Lam, & Cheung, 2017; Uchino et al., 2016), reduces the risk of suicidal ideation (Chang et al., 2017; Huffmann et al., 2016), diminishes the perceived intensity of postsurgical pain (Hanssen, Peters, Vlaeyen, & Meevissen, 2013, Ronaldson et al., 2014), decreases the risk of coronary heart disease (Kim, Smith, & Kubzansky, 2014), and lowers cardiovascular and all-cause mortality risk (Boehm & Kubzansky, 2012; Kim et al., 2017).…”

Comparative Study Of Self-Transcendence, Spiritual Well-Being, Optimism And Meaning In Life Among Retirees And Post-Retirement Employees.

“…Optimism is seen as positive expectations about one's own future. Optimism was found to be positively correlated with employee performance (Mishra, Patnaik & Mishra, 2016). It can be presume that those with high levels of optimism tend to expect good things to happen to them, anticipate positive results and success in challenging individual tasks.…”

“…Results, as shown in table (4) indicated that there were differences in mean scores of optimism between retirees and post-retirement employees in the favor of the post-retirement employees. Optimism is positively related to employee performance (Mishra et al 2016). Dispositional optimism can be regarded as a resource that keeps a positive mood, and can be a buffering factor against potential negative effects of retirement.…”

Measuring Job Satisfaction, Performance Criteria and Job Life Quality: Bingol City Banking Case

“…Decreased employee performance, tardiness, absenteeism and early retirements are main results of these interactions. (Çetin et al, 2012) It is found from study of Mishra et al(2016) that there is a positive correlation between optimism(positive thinking and expectations) and job satisfaction and financial performance. Pessimistic people are very doubtful and hesitate at doing works.…”