This study investigated concern, control, curiosity, and confidence serially mediated the associations between psychological flexibility (PF) at work and career commitment, based on the career construction model of adaptation and gender, age, education level, and tenure differences in career commitment. The white-collar employees (N = 353, 55%…

Adaptability was found to be one of the important aspects for employees in order for them to survive in their career especially to those in the ICT industry. The ICT work nature involved with consistent work changes, intensive creative thinking, and advanced technological upgrading. Although organizations supposed to encourage career adaptability…

Data were collected from 151 part-time and full-time hospital workers to show that various groups of employees bring to their jobs different frames of reference. They consequently have different expectations and derive different satisfactions from their jobs. Examining satisfaction patterns for various employee groups is the appropriate strategy…

It often takes time for new workers to "learn the ropes," but young people may speed up the transition from student to worker by learning in advance what employers are likely to expect from them and what they, in turn, can expect from their employers. (Author)

Direct observations of the jobs of 370 workers were used to explain perceptions of monotony and feelings of boredom associated with work. Of the several observational measures of task characteristics that were constructed, the most efficient predictor of monotony and boredom was the number of times during a fixed period that the most…

Examined the commitment to work, work values, and work attitudes in immigrants (N=74), old-time white-collar employees (N=66), and ongoing executives (N=35). Results indicated that work values and work attitudes were less positive for immigrants compared with other samples, but commitment to work was much higher in the immigrant sample. (LLL)

Examined changes in job satisfaction among career changers (N=240) and relationship of selected personal/occupational factors with job satisfaction changes. Found dissatisfaction with former occupation was not career change prerequisite. Instead, found new occupation attraction greatest cause. Identified distinctive career change subgroup, Type C,…

The basic causes of job dissatisfaction, poor work attitudes, and unreliable employment habits of Blacks are discussed. Solutions, like the problems, are interrelated and can reinforce each other. (Author)

The interrelationships among job involvement, values, personal background, participation in decision making, and job attitudes were investigated by questionnaire for a sample of 2,775 employees of six manufacturing organizations, representing a 66 percent response rate. The results of this study indicated that job involvement, a basic orientation…

Evaluated concept of professionalism as a form of work commitment using a modified version of Hall's (1968) multidimensional measure of professionalism on 325 accountants in public practice. Examined three forms of work commitment--job involvement, organizational commitment, and work ethic endorsement--and four professional behaviors. Suggests the…

An awareness level is a way of grouping priorities that an individual normally gives to factors affecting his decision of whether or not to accept an overseas position; satisfactory answers to the questions surrounding each of the items are necessary. It is imperative that the company make such information available. (Author/AJ)

Examines stressors on tax professionals during periods of relatively high stress and periods of low stress. Results indicate that the strongest stressor-strain relationship was for the group surveyed in January (high stress), indicating that workload compression contributes to seasonal occupational stress. Looks at implications for employee…

For long job-tenured individuals, greater interest congruency was associated with better satisfaction with work and supervision. For short job-tenured individuals, interest congruency was not related to satisfaction. Apparently, the consequences of interest congruency take time to emerge. (Author)

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

Data obtained from a national, cross-sectional survey of the American work force were used to examine the relationship between age and an interview measure of psychological involvement with work (i.e., paid employment). For men, this relationship was curvilinear. Commitment began at a low level among the 16-20 year old men, rose to its highest…