Why do lay people believe that satisfaction and performance are correlated? possible sources of a commonsense theory

By Cynthia Fisher. 2003

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Subfields: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Differential affective reactions to negative and positive feedback, and the role of self-esteem. (2007, background): “Finally, though she did not focus on performance feedback per se, Fisher (2003) found that individuals experience a more positive mood and have higher task satisfaction when they perceive that their performance is better than usual.”
Organizational Citizenship Behavior in Concern of Communication Satisfaction: The Role of the Formal and Informal Communication (2010, background): “By this new conceptualization, OCB is considered as an aspect of job performance (Fisher, 2003; Koys, 2001).”
Manager emotional intelligence and project success: The mediating role of job satisfaction and trust (2016, methodology): “…to perform better at work (Mayer et al., 2008; Sy et al., 2006; Wong and Law, 2002), while negative emotions such as frustration, irritation, and anger can reduce enthusiasm which can contribute to a decrease in performance (Fisher, 2003; McColl-Kennedy and Anderson, 2002; Von Glinow et al., 2004).”
Preparing Workplaces for Digital Transformation: An Integrative Review and Framework of Multi-Level Factors (2021, background): “Employees with higher job satisfaction perform better at work than their unhappy colleagues (Fisher, 2003; Wright et al., 2007; Bouckenooghe et al., 2013; Tenney et al., 2015, 2016).”
Does the Job Satisfaction—Job Performance Relationship Vary Across Cultures? (2009, background): “The counterintuitive observation that happy workers are not necessarily productive workers has prompted researchers to more fully investigate the topic (C. D. Fisher, 2003).”
Well-Being, Personal Success and Business Performance Among Entrepreneurs: A Two-Wave Study (2018, background): “In addition to testing the reversed relationship from success to well-being over 2 years of time, our data also allow for testing if objective business performance precedes better well-being within a shorter time frame (Fisher 2003).”
Happiness at work. (2010, positive): “However, the relationship between perceived momentary task performance and momentary task satisfaction within person over time is very much stronger: on average 0.57 (Fisher 2003).”
Marital Status and Work Outcomes of Self-Initiated Expatriates: Is There a Moderating Effect of Gender? (2011, background): “However, work performance often refers to the core technical duties of the job, also known as task performance or in-role performance ( Fisher, 2003”
Diary Studies in Organizational Research: An Introduction and Some Practical Recommendations (2010, methodology): “Laypersons tend to believe that workers who are happy or satisfied at work are more productive (Fisher, 2003) although in reality, the generalized relationship between job satisfaction and job performance is only modest (r c = .30; Judge, Thoresen, Bono, & Patton, 2001).”
Do hotel employees really care for corporate social responsibility (CSR): a happiness approach to employee innovativeness (2021, background): “Managers, supervisors, and leaders believe that making employees happier and healthier encourages them to enhance productivity and individual performance (Fisher, 2003).”
The Impact of Extent of Telecommuting on Job Satisfaction: Resolving Inconsistent Findings (2005, background): “Although we recognize that job satisfaction and performance are not highly correlated (Fisher, 2003), we would still expect to find increased performance at relatively moderate levels of telecommuting tapering off significantly at extensive levels paralleling our job satisfaction findings.”