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Correlational findings

Study Cropanzano & Wright (1999): study US 1992

Public
Social welfare professionals, United States, followed 5 years 1992-1997
Survey name
Unnamed study
Sample
Respondents
N = 60
Non Response
Assessment
Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label
Job performance
Our Classification
Remarks
Assessed at T3 and T4
Distribution
T3: M = 3.5; SD = 0.6
T4: M = 3,5; SD = 0.7
Operationalization
Department manager rated employee's work performance in the past year for;
a: work facilitation (organization)
b: goal emphasis
c: support (attentiveness)
d: team building (cooperation)
Rated
1 poor
;
5 excellent

Rratings were summed to form a composite measure of performance for each participant.

Observed Relation with Happiness

Happiness Measure Statistics Elaboration / Remarks A-BB-g-mq-v-3-a r = + s/ns Happiness    Performance rating at
             T3            T4
T1           r = +.27(ns)  r = +.18(ns)
T2           r = +.21(ns)  r = +.17(ns)
T3           r = +.29(05)  r = +.36(05)
T4           r = +.26(ns)  r = +.34(05)

T1: baseline
T2: half a year later
T3: 4 years later
T4: 5 years later A-BB-g-mq-v-3-a b = + s T1/2-T3/4 CHANGE happiness by T3-T4 CHANGE performance

CHANGE measured controling
- b with T3/4 happiness for T1/2 happiness
- b with T4 performance for T3 performance