In recent years, companies have been paying high attention to employee well-being, and its impact on employees has been confirmed by a large number of studies. As the keyword of happiness appears more and more frequently, we can truly feel that happiness is closely related to struggle. According to self-determination theory, the mechanism of the influence of job autonomy on employee well-being is explored, and the mediating role of the sense of job meaning between the two is verified. Considering the influence of employees' own characteristics, self-efficacy was introduced as a moderating variable to further explore the moderating role of self-efficacy between job autonomy and employee well-being. According to the literature review and theoretical analysis, the theoretical model of the study was derived, the research hypothesis was proposed, and the hypothesis was tested by empirical research. A total of 323 valid questionnaires were collected and screened from Chinese employees. The study scales used were validated to have high reliability and validity to ensure the reliability of the study measures. Statistical analysis was used to justify and test the research hypotheses. The results show that job autonomy has a significant effect on employee well-being. Furthermore, Sense of job meaning mediates the relationship between job autonomy and employee well-being. Finally, self-efficacy positively regulates the relationship between job autonomy and employee well-being, that is, high self-efficacy enhances the effect of job autonomy on employee well-being. Combined with the research findings, corresponding countermeasures and suggestions are proposed on how to improve employee well-being in enterprises.
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Job Autonomy, Employee Well-Being, Sense of Meaning at Work, Self-efficacy
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Zimo Sheng, Yiting Zhang, Qianni Han, Haomiao Yu, Jun Zhang. (2022). Job Autonomy and Employee Well-Being: The Roles of Sense of Work Meaning and Self-efficacy. Journal of Human Resource Management, 10(2), 49-55. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.jhrm.20221002.12
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