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Title: | Associations Between Dopamine and Serotonin Genes and Job Satisfaction: Preliminary Evidence From the Add Health Study | Authors: | Song, Zhaoli Li, Wendong Arvey, Richard D |
Keywords: | Social Sciences Psychology, Applied Management Psychology Business & Economics job satisfaction molecular genetics DNA dopamine serotonin EXON-III POLYMORPHISM PERSONALITY-TRAITS CAREER SUCCESS SELF-ESTEEM 5-FACTOR MODEL RECEPTOR GENE DRD4 GENE TRANSPORTER ADOLESCENTS POPULATION |
Issue Date: | 1-Nov-2011 | Publisher: | AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC | Citation: | Song, Zhaoli, Li, Wendong, Arvey, Richard D (2011-11-01). Associations Between Dopamine and Serotonin Genes and Job Satisfaction: Preliminary Evidence From the Add Health Study. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY 96 (6) : 1223-1233. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | Previous behavioral genetic studies have found that job satisfaction is partially heritable. We went a step further to examine particular genetic markers that may be associated with job satisfaction. Using an oversample from the National Adolescent Longitudinal Study (Add Health Study), we found 2 genetic markers, dopamine receptor gene DRD4 VNTR and serotonin transporter gene 5-HTTLPR, to be weakly but significantly associated with job satisfaction. Furthermore, we found study participants' level of pay to mediate the DRD4 and job satisfaction relationship. However, we found no evidence that self-esteem mediated the relationships between these 2 genes and job satisfaction. The study represents an initial effort to introduce a molecular genetics approach to the fields of organizational psychology and organizational behavior. © 2011 American Psychological Association. | Source Title: | JOURNAL OF APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/229386 | ISSN: | 0021-9010 1939-1854 |
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