TITLE:
The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction in the Relationship between Job Involvement and Psychological Well-Being
AUTHORS:
Sarapio Serunjogi, Leonsio Matagi, Loyce Kiiza Kobusingye
KEYWORDS:
Job Involvement, Job Satisfaction, Psychological Well-Being, Mediation, Employees
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.13 No.5,
September
19,
2025
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study was to establish the mediating role of job satisfaction (JS) in the relationship between job involvement (JI) and psychological well-being (PWB). A cross-sectional survey design was used to obtain a total sample of 248 secondary school teachers who were selected to participate in the study using multi-stage stratified random sampling. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data that were entered into the computer using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 27 (IBM SPSS). PROCESS macro for SPSS (Hayes, 2022) was used to test the hypothesis on mediation through model 4. The results indicated significant positive relationships between: job involvement and job satisfaction, job satisfaction and psychological well-being, job involvement and psychological well-being. Job satisfaction mediated the relationship between job involvement and psychological well-being. Workers who take part in every aspect of their jobs gain positive feelings from the contentment derived from the value accorded to their participation. Job satisfaction creates a sense of fulfillment at work, which boosts employees’ psychological well-being. This study emphasizes the need to reinforce the interactive effects of JI and JS on PWB among employees in any business. Therefore, managers and other employers are encouraged to involve their employees in most aspects of their jobs to increase their job satisfaction levels, which results in improved psychological well-being that leads to better business outcomes. The study contributes expansively to the positive psychology of the mechanisms through which PWB can be enhanced by integrating JI aspects and dimensions of JS.