The impact of Employees' Family Socioeconomic Status during Childhood on Their Well-Being

Abstract At present, the impact of family socioeconomic status during childhood on well-being is mostly focused on minors, ignoring the impact on their adulthood, especially on the well-being of employees in the workplace. And it is even rarer to study the impact of different matches of objective and subjectively perceived family socioeconomic status during childhood on employees' well-being, so based on the life history theory, and through the 2020 Family Tracking Survey (CFPS) data and a questionnaire data, the results found that: The “high objective-high subjective” and “low objective-high subjective” contexts have a positive effect on employees' well-being, while the “low objective-low subjective” and “high objective-low subjective” and “high objective-low subjective” contexts have a positive effect on employees' well-being. The “high objective-low subjective” and “low objective-high subjective” contexts have a negative effect on employees' well-being. Occupational delayed gratification partially mediated the effect, and organizational supportive climate played a borderline role between different matches of objective and subjective perceptions of family socioeconomic status and occupational delayed gratification in employees' childhood. Factors affecting employees' well-being were investigated from a dynamic and integrated perspective, enriching research in related fields and providing new perspectives for organizational managers to enhance employees' well-being.