Examining the Mediating Role of the Critical Psychological States between Job Characteristics and Job Satisfaction among Employees in the General Media Sector in Syria

This study examines the Relationship between Job characteristics and job satisfaction among employee in the general media sector. Job characteristics (i.e., Task variety, Task identity, Task significance, autonomy, and feedback) were tested as predictors of job satisfaction by using three critical psychological states as mediator variables. Data were collected from 103 employees working in many different sections by using JDS survey. Consistent with studies conducted in this domain SPSS was the basic tool especially hierarchical regression analyses.
The study revealed that all job characteristics dimension was positively related to job satisfaction, and three CPS. And for mediation role we found all three CPS variable play this role but with different rates.