Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Financial Innovation and Economic Development (ICFIED 2021)

The Impact of Social Support on Employees’ Subjective Well Being: The Mediating Role of Optimism

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Hui-wen Bai
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Hui-wen Bai
Available Online 22 March 2021.
DOI
10.2991/aebmr.k.210319.052How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Social support, Optimism, Subjective well-being
Abstract

In this paper makes an empirical study on the relationship between social support and employee well-being, as well as the mediating role of optimism in psychological capital between social support and subjective well-being. Taking 311 employees from different industries in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone as the empirical research object, the research hypotheses are as follows: (1) Social support has a positive correlation with subjective well-being; (2) social support has a significant positive correlation with optimism; (3) optimism has a significant positive correlation with subjective well-being; (4) optimism plays a mediating role in the relationship between social support and subjective well-being, that is, social support can affect employees’ subjective well-being through optimism. The results are of great significance to the theory and practice of social support, optimism and subjective well-being.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Financial Innovation and Economic Development (ICFIED 2021)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
22 March 2021
ISBN
10.2991/aebmr.k.210319.052
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/aebmr.k.210319.052How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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