Psychological capital and emotional regulation: The mediating role of job satisfaction

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to analyze the impact of job satisfaction on the relationship between psychological capital and the workers strategies to regulate emotions are analyzed. The empirical verification was performed on a sample of 386 employees of Argentinean companies of services. Different hypotheses about the direct and indirect relationships between the variables studied were postulated, which were tested by correlation analysis and structural equation modeling. The results showed that job satisfaction serves as a full mediator. This means that the entirety of the variance of the relationship between psychological capital and emotional regulation strategies depends on the satisfaction of workers. The results are discussed and the strengths and limitations of the study are indicated. Guidelines for future studies are suggested