Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to meta-analyze the relationship between (positive and negative) affect and work attitudes (job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intentions) for Mechanical Turk data samples. MTurk has become a popular convenience sample choice for OB/HR scholars. MTurk workers are also part of the evolving digital gig economy, for whom the attitudinal and behavioral outcomes may differ from traditional employees due to the former’s varying employment relationships. We analyzed a total of 50 papers and 55 unique samples consisting of 23,427 MTurkers for PA studies and 14,798 MTurkers for NA studies. Consistent with conventionally sourced samples, PA was positively related to job satisfaction and organizational commitment and NA was negatively related to turnover intentions. The effect size magnitude for MTurker job satisfaction was statistically different and higher than conventional samples. Implications and the need to conduct such meta-analytic reviews for other attitudinal and behavioral outcome variables for MTurkers are discussed.
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