Job Characteristics and Job Attitudes: A Multivariate Study.

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Abstract:

Attitude data were obtained from 556 employees in a western telephone company. Respondents held one of 16 craft jobs in the department selected for study. Multiple discriminant function analysis was performed using 16 groups formed on the basis of subjects job titles. Variables used in this primary analysis included job satisfaction, organizational commitment, motivational force, and sources of organizational attachment. A secondary analysis was performed in which discriminant function means were related to means of jobs on several job characteristics variables. These two analyses, viewed jointly, suggest that a relatively high discriminatory power achieved in the primary analysis may have been a function of job scope-job attitude relationships demonstrated in the Secondary analysis. Author

Author(s):
Stone, Eugene F. ; Porter, Lyman W.
Author Organization(s):
CALIFORNIA UNIV IRVINE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATION
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Pagination:
0028

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
TR-23
Contract/Grant Number(s):
N00014-69-A-0200-9001
Project Number(s):
NR-151-315
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5_Command and Control
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
*JOB SATISFACTION, *QUESTIONNAIRES, *INDUSTRIAL PERSONNEL, DISCRIMINATE ANALYSIS, MOTIVATION, JOB ANALYSIS, CORRELATION, PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
Field(s)/Group(s):
Psychology
Keyword(s):
Job scope, Job attitudes, Organizational commitment
Report Date:
1973 Nov 01