Oyler, Jennifer D.2014-03-142014-03-142007-10-12etd-10242007-153627http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29360This study extends job embeddedness and job satisfaction theory in several notable directions. As hypothesized, structural equation modeling revealed that community embeddedness was a partial mediator of the relationship between core self-evaluations and job satisfaction. Contrary to job embeddedness theory, this study found that organizational embeddedness and job satisfaction were best represented by a single latent factor. Thus, organizational embeddedness did not act as a mediator of the relationship between core self-evaluations and job satisfaction nor did it act as a multiple mediator with community embeddedness. Explanations of these results and new avenues for research are discussed.In CopyrightJob SatisfactionJob EmbeddednessCore Self-EvaluationsDissertationhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10242007-153627/