The Role of Job Satisfaction behind the Link between Group Cohesion, Collective Efficacy, and Life Satisfaction

The thrust of this study is to understand whether a group member’s perception of their cohesion and collective efficacy impacts life satisfaction. It examines whether job satisfaction mediates between group cohesion and collective efficacy. The hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling on data obtained through questionnaire from 389 software professionals deployed on various projects. Controlling for the effects of job satisfaction, the results revealed that job satisfaction is a partial mediator between group cohesion and life satisfaction. However, job satisfaction did not mediate the relationship of collective efficacy with life satisfaction. Contrarily, collective efficacy is found to be negatively significantly associated with the mediator of job satisfaction. The authors discussed these results in relation to the literature on job satisfaction, group cohesion, collective efficacy, and issues related to life satisfaction specificity.