Satisfied and Happy: Establishing Link between Job Satisfaction and Subjective Well- Being

Job satisfaction pertains to people’s reactions and feelings towards their jobs. It is an indicator of emotional well-being or psychological health. On the other hand, subjective well-being refers to how people evaluate their lives which may include cognitive judgments and affective evaluations. With the aim of knowing the possible relationship between job satisfaction and subjective well-being, 251 teachers who came from 52 government schools were asked to respond to the Generic Job Satisfaction Scale (GJSS) and the Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). The item on the GJSS which registered the highest mean pertained to job security (M=4.35, SD=.62) while the lowest means were observed on items that pertained to concern of the management towards the teacher (M=4.04, SD=.61) and getting along with supervisors (M=4.04, SD=.64). As to the items in the SWLS, the highest mean was observed on the item that pertained to satisfaction with life (M=5.65, SD=1.09) while the item with lowest mean pertained to getting the important things one wants in life (M=5.21, SD=1.28). Generally, the participants of the study had high job satisfaction and subjective well-being. Also, it was revealed that job satisfaction was significantly related to subjective well-being with job satisfaction predicting subjective well-being.

Keywords – correlation, Filipino teachers, job satisfaction, positive psychology, subjective well- being