Nikolaou, I. & Judge, T. (2007). Core self-evaluations in Greece: relative effects on life satisfaction, affective disposition and employee attitudes. 13th European Conference of Work & Organisational Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden.

1. Core self-evaluations in Greece: relative effects on life satisfaction, affective disposition and employee attitudes Ioannis Nikolaou Department of Management Science & Technology Athens University of Economics & Business, Greece Timothy A. Judge Department of Management, College of Business University of Florida, Warrington, USA

3. Core-Self Evaluations Core-Self Evaluations Self - esteem Generalized Self - Efficacy Locus of Control Emotional Stability

7. Reliability .91 N/A Job Satisfaction .92 N/A Attitudes towards change .83 .82 Life Satisfaction .82 .81 NA .79 .60 PA .80 .81 Self-esteem .64 .64 Locus of Control .83 .83 Self-efficacy .87 .80 Neuroticism .73 .80 CSES Employees (N=301) Students (N=176) Scales

8. PCA Exploratory Factor Analysis - Students 61% variance explained

9. PCA Exploratory Factor Analysis - Employees 56% variance explained

10. Confirmatory Factor Analysis - Employees

11. Inter-correlation matrix – Students (N=176)

12. Inter-correlation matrix – Employees (N=301)

13. The relative validity of CSE .21** .26** CSES .16** .18* -.18* PA NA R 2 β Predictors Life Satisfaction Students .14 .09 .12** .30** .26** .42** CSES .13** .29** -.16** .05** .00 -.11 .13** .12* -.10 PA NA R 2 β R 2 β R 2 β Predictors Attitudes towards change Job Satisfaction Life Satisfaction Employees