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Job Mobility and Subjective Well-Being among New-Generation Migrant Workers in China: The Mediating Role of Interpersonal Trust

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  • Feng Zhang

    (Jing Hengyi School of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China)

  • Dan Liu

    (School of Educational Science, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China
    Institute for Education and Treatment of Problematic Youth, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China)

  • Xiaowei Geng

    (Jing Hengyi School of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 311121, China)

Abstract

New-generation migrant workers refers to those born in 1980 or thereafter, who become the majority of rural–urban migrants. New-generation migrant workers in Chinese cities are struggling with a lack of urban resources, which may lead to low well-being. On the basis of a questionnaire survey of 203 new-generation migrant workers, we used a multiple regression analysis to study new-generation migrant workers’ well-being and the mechanism underlying the effect of job mobility on well-being. The job mobility scale, interpersonal trust scale, and Affect Balance Scale were used. Results showed that job mobility was positively correlated with new-generation migrant workers’ subjective well-being and interpersonal trust, and interpersonal trust was positively correlated with subjective well-being. Interpersonal trust mediated the effect of job mobility on subjective well-being. In conclusion, job mobility can bring some benefits to new-generation migrant workers, that is, job mobility may increase their subjective well-being by increasing their interpersonal trust.

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  • Feng Zhang & Dan Liu & Xiaowei Geng, 2022. "Job Mobility and Subjective Well-Being among New-Generation Migrant Workers in China: The Mediating Role of Interpersonal Trust," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(18), pages 1-12, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:18:p:11551-:d:914373
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