Mediator Role of Job-Related Affective Well-Being in the Effect of Emotional Capital on Life Satisfaction

Considering the effects of emotions on decision-making mechanisms, it has seen that emotional capital is more effective especially in the service sector. The aim of this research is to investigate the effect of the emotional capital of the employees on their life satisfaction and examine the mediator role, if any, of job-related affective well-being perception in this relationship. The study included 600 teachers in total; 168 of them worked in state schools, while 432 worked at private institutions. SPSS-23 ve AMOS-23 programs were used in the data analysis. The analysis was based on structural equation modeling. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, correlation and reliability analyses were performed. The research results showed that emotional capital had a significantly negative effect on life satisfaction; instead of that emotional capital had a significantly positive effect on job-related affective well-being; job-related affective well-being had a significantly positive effect on life satisfaction. Also, the job-related affective well-being had a mediator role in the relationship between emotional capital and life satisfaction.