The difficulty in finding a relationship between employee satisfaction and business performance results from how satisfaction is defined. A survey of 2000 employees determined that organizations, regardless of industry, could improve organizational performance by improving employee work unit satisfaction and that the work unit leader's actions may…

Examined relationship of employment status (full or part time) to facets of job satisfaction, work commitment, and perceptions of organizational climate in hospital employees (N=350). Results indicated that full- or part-time employment status did not have a significant effect on the majority of employee job attitudes. (Author/ABL)

Using hierarchical confirmatory factor analysis to analyze multitrait-multimethod data, the validity of the Satisfaction with My Supervisor Scale (SWMSS) was evaluated by comparing the SWMSS to commitments to the organization, department, and occupation for 100 professional employees of a multinational software firm. The validity of the SWMSS was…

Investigates whether individual levels of organizational commitment are related positively to perceptions of organizational climate and of communication climate. Finds that employees' perceptions of organizational climate and of communication climate were correlated positively with the level of employees' organizational commitment. (PRA)

Boston College's (Massachusetts) vice president of information technology remarks on the elements contributing to his success on the occasion of receiving a professional award. He credits talented and energetic employees and an improved administrative structure for making innovation work. An interview about personnel changes at Boston College is…

Reports on a study that found that the perceived quality of coworker information and superior-subordinate communication concepts were directly related to voluntary turnover intentions, as were organizational commitment and perceived job alternatives. (TB)

Community psychologists have a long-standing interest in promoting systems change to improve the lives of individuals and communities. To more fully illuminate a multilevel model of those factors involved in the promotion of systems change, the current study examined individual- and organizational-level characteristics related to health care…

Few researchers have examined employee attitudes toward affirmative action and equal employment programs. To examine both the attitudes of various groups within one organization toward Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and ideas concerning specific programs suggested by these same groups, corporate employees (N=1,791--or 53% of those surveyed)…

The job satisfaction pioneer par excellence reviews past and present pertinent research--with a personal commentary--and suggests future paths. (Author)

An investigation of subordinate satisfaction as a function of participation in decision-making and perceived supervisor credibility. (CH)

An annotated bibliography of 40 articles on participative decision making (PDM) published from 1968 through 1975 is presented. The following categories were used in summarizing each article: description, sample, type of study, variables, PDM variables, results and discussion. An introduction to the bibliography discusses some issues related to…

Based on two related sets of data from the 1979 Kohn and Schooler followup study of 626 men, ages 26-65, who were part of the employed, civilian labor force in 1964, a study investigated the determinants of job satisfaction for these men, and 269 of their 555 wives who were formally employed ten or more hours per week. Correlations between job…

Employee ownership affects organizational integration, organizational involvement and organizational commitment. Through a framework which predicts the effects of employee ownership on job attitudes and organizational performance (Long, 1978), the effects of conversion to employee ownership at three companies with varying degrees of employee…

Describes use of quality circles (QC)--small groups of employees who meet regularly and voluntarily to identify, solve, and implement solutions to work-related problems--as a form of participative decision making, highlighting QC concept, establishing a QC, introduction process, management support, benefits, evaluation, and shortcomings. Thirteen…

This study sampled used 144 Black and 208 White white-collar employees. It was hypothesized that perceptions of discrimination would vary according to degree of formalization in the organization with respect to selection, advancement procedures, and race of subject. Results supported these hypotheses. (Author)