Influence of Positive Characteristics on Organizational Commitment and Job Satisfaction of Indian Middle Managers

Abstract

It has been proposed that some organizationally relevant positive psychology constructs such as hope, resilience, optimism, subjective well being, and self-efficacy would be able to explain positive outcomes such as positive attitudes and positive behaviors among employees in organizations. However, empirical validity of the claim is yet to be established. Hypotheses for relationships between positive characteristics and organizational commitment and job satisfaction were postulated. The hypotheses were tested on mid-level managers working in Indian organizations. All positive characteristics showed significant positive relationship with affective commitment, normative commitment and job satisfaction. The findings and implications are discussed