Psychological capital and job satisfaction : mediation by social skills or positive relations with others.

Abstract

This study examined the mediation effect of social skills and positive relations with others on the relationship between job satisfaction and psychological capital. The study was conducted on 269

student participants. The study aims to examine the mediation relationship between job satisfaction and psychological capital. The two predicted mediators were social skills and positive relations with others. In this study, the relationship between job satisfaction and psychological capital was

significant. Social skills and positive relations with others were also individually found to have significant relationship with psychological capital. However, no significant mediation effects were found in either of the hypothesized mediators.