The effects of positive affect, person-job fit, and well-being on job performance

• Yi-Chang Lin

  National Taiwan Normal University

• Chien Yu

  National Taiwan Normal University

• Chin-Cheh Yi

  National Taiwan Normal University

Our aims in this study were to examine the positive affect and person-job fit of team members and the effect of their sense of well-being on their job performance. Participants were 212 employees of 10 life insurance companies in Taiwan. We developed a survey to measure employees’ positive affect, person-job fit, well-being, and job performance. Results showed that the employees’ positive affect had a positive effect on both their sense of well-being and job performance, there was a highly significant positive correlation between person-job fit and well-being, and both well-being and person-job fit had positive effects on job performance. In addition, individuals’ positive affect may have directly affected the quality of their job performance and well-being through the indirect effect of the quality of job performance, and person-job fit may have directly affected the quality of job performance, and indirectly affected the quality of job performance through well-being. Therefore, we suggested that managers should emphasize employee positive affect to increase individual employee sense of well-being, thus synchronizing job demands and individual capabilities to improve job performance.

1. Yi-Chang Lin, National Taiwan Normal University
   Department of Technology Application and Human Resource Development
2. Chien Yu, National Taiwan Normal University
   Department of Technology Application and Human Resource Development
3. Chin-Cheh Yi, National Taiwan Normal University
   Department of Technology Application and Human Resource Development

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