This Is Bullshit: The Relationship between Organizational Bullshitting and Employee Job Satisfaction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Background and Hypotheses Development
2.1. Bullshit in Organizations
2.2. Bullshitting and Job Satisfaction
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Sample
3.2. Measures
4. Results
5. Discussion
5.1. Theoretical Contributions, Limitations, and Future Research
5.2. Practical Implications
6. Conclusions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Mean | SD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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Age | 2.87 | 0.84 | 1 | |||||||||||
Male Employees | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.01 | 1 | ||||||||||
Education | 4.01 | 0.87 | 0.08 | 0.08 | 1 | |||||||||
Work Experience | 2.36 | 1.11 | −0.59 | −0.45 | 0.11 | 1 | ||||||||
Industry2 | 0.24 | 0.43 | −0.04 | 0.28 | −0.09 | −0.16 | 1 | |||||||
Industry3 | 0.25 | 0.43 | −0.04 | 0.25 | −0.07 | 0.14 | 0.56 | 1 | ||||||
Industry4 | 0.30 | 0.46 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 0.04 | −0.10 | −0.60 | −0.58 | 1 | |||||
Industry5 | 0.05 | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.15 | −0.15 | 0.02 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.40 | 1 | ||||
TruthBS | 2.85 | 0.50 | −0.03 | −0.02 | 0.05 | −0.01 | −0.07 | −0.01 | 0.10 | 0.06 | 1 | |||
BossBS | 3.12 | 0.58 | −0.01 | −0.01 | 0.14 | 0.07 | 0.03 | 0.12 | −0.06 | −0.06 | −0.37 | 1 | ||
LanguageBS | 3.34 | 0.73 | 0.05 | −0.03 | −0.53 | 0.08 | −0.03 | −0.01 | −0.04 | 0.01 | −0.13 | −0.36 | 1 | |
Job Satisfaction | 3.71 | 0.87 | −0.05 | −0.15 | −0.20 | −0.09 | −0.05 | −0.35 | −0.17 | −0.16 | −0.40 | −0.14 | 0.25 | 1 |
Variables | Model 1 | Model 2 |
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Age | −0.02 (0.09) | 0.02 (0.08) |
Male Employees | −0.26 (0.14) | −0.26 * (0.13) |
Education | −0.22 (0.06) | −0.13 * (0.06) |
Work Experience | 0.02 (0.08) | −0.03 (0.07) |
Industry2 | 0.13 (0.18) | 0.17 (0.16) |
Industry3 | 0.30 (0.18) | 0.25 (0.17) |
Industry4 | 0.15 (0.16) | 0.04 (0.15) |
Industry5 | 0.47 (0.27) | 0.42 (0.24) |
TruthBS | −0.60 ** (0.10) | |
BossBS | −0.18 * (0.09) | |
LanguageBS | 0.33 ** (0.07) | |
Adjusted R2 | 0.06 | 0.25 |
F-Value | 3.24 | 9.25 |
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