Publication Spotlight: Dr. Xiaoxiao Hu

At APF, our mission is to invest in innovative research and applications that prioritize people and their wellbeing. We believe that every research project we fund has the potential to advance the field of psychology and meaningfully impact peoples’ lives.

We’re proud to showcase the success of APF-funded research through our Publication Spotlight. The journey from initial research to publication is a major achievement, representing years of hard work and dedication. These publications mark significant milestones in our recipients’ careers and highlight the impact of APF’s support.

Each publication that has been supported by APF represents a step forward in our mission. From receiving initial APF funding to sharing these important findings with the world, these projects will shape future research, guide best practices and inform policy, allowing psychology to broaden its impact on the world.

Dr. Blake A. Allan
2017 Bruce and Jane Walsh Grant in Memory of John Holland
“The Influence of Culture on the Relationship between Employees’ Subjective Well-Being and Job Performance”

Article
“Toward a More PERMA(nent) Conceptualization of Worker Well-Being? A Cross-Cultural Study of the Workplace PERMA Profiler”

Journal
Journal of Personnel Psychology

Abstract
We examined the factor structure of the recently developed worker well-being measure Workplace PERMA Profiler and relationships between PERMA dimensions (i.e., positive emotions, engagement, positive relationships, meaning, accomplishment) and job performance (viz.,task performance, organizational citizenship behaviors benefiting individuals and the organization at large). The measure exhibited metric (i.e., weak) invariance across samples of participants from the United States (N = 284) and China (N = 420). Additionally, for participants who responded to both the Workplace PERMA Profiler and the performance measures, there was a general pattern of positive PERMA–performance relationships across both samples (NUS = 147; NChina = 202). Overall, the Workplace PERMA Profiler may have problematic psychometric properties and item wordings and thus would benefit from further refinement.

Jimenez, W. P., Hu, X., Garden, R., & Xie, X. (2022). Toward a more PERMA(nent) conceptualization of worker well-being? A cross-cultural study of the workplace PERMA profiler. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 21(2), 94–100. https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000288

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