The Impact of Psychological Capital on Job Satisfaction among Employees with Individuals’ Social Responsibility as a Mediator

Abstract

Research on individual social responsibility is lacking. This study evaluates the psychological capital (PsyCap), personal social responsibility (PSR), and job satisfaction (JobSat) among 775 Saudi private and public sector workers, married and single. Data was collected electronically using a random and secure sampling and analyzed by SPSS and Amos to test the study’s hypotheses. The study lasted from March through October 2022. This study used structural equation modeling, confirmatory factor analysis, and descriptive analysis. Harman’s single-factor test showed that six factors had eigenvalues more than 1, and the initial factor’s variance explained was 27.88%, far below the 40% threshold. The results presented showed that PsyCap had a significant positive predictive influence on JobSat and PSR. Amos’s analysis shows that PSR mediated the association between JobSat and PsyCap. The Bootstrap mediation effect test findings showed that the 95% confidence interval for PsyCap on JobSat extended from 0.18 to 0.34. The study also illuminates processes that mediate the association between PsyCap and JobSat and examines newer concepts like social responsibility and the workplace.