The purpose of the annotated bibliography is to alert educators to current, readily available documents announced in Research in Education (RIE) which pertain to attitudes toward work. Of the 197 documents retrieved from a computer search based on the inclusion of Employee Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, or Work Attitudes as one of the major terms…

This paper summarizes a stream of research aimed at developing and validating a measure of employee commitment to work organizations. The instrument, developed by Porter and his colleagues, is called the Organizational Commitment Questionnaire. Satisfactory test-retest reliabilities and internal consistency reliabilities were found. (Author)

From factor analysis of workers' responses to a series of belief statements, the author found that the traditional work ethic beliefs received the least support and the humanistic belief system the strongest support in all occupations surveyed, from hourly laborers to professionals. Implications of the findings are discussed. (MF)

Tested the hypothesis that different pay referents should result in different tactics to reduce inequities. Suggests that the various types of inequity relate differentially to each of three outcome variables: pay satisfaction, intent to remain with a company, and frequency of extra-role behavior. (Author/ABB)

Examined career transitions of supervisors to determine the impact of their transitions on behaviors and attitudes of subordinates who had made recent career transitions. Data from 124 managers and subordinates revealed that the magnitude of both a supervisor's and subordinate's career transition interacted to affect subordinate's commitment to…

A job satisfaction questionnaire was completed by 4,130 exempt and non-exempt employees of a computer company. Results supported test reliability and validity and suggested exempt employees were more satisfied. Satisfaction with the nature of work and satisfaction with pay and working conditions were the most important facets. (GDC)

The author examines a team development approach to management that creates shared commitments to performance improvement by focusing the attention of managers on individual workers and their task accomplishments. It uses the "high-performance equation" to help managers confront shared beliefs and concerns about performance and develop realistic…

Employees should learn about other economic systems and how those systems compare to a free market economy. Businesses should develop economic education programs to instill confidence in their employees and improve employee morale. These programs can be carried out at minimum cost with maximum effect. (CT)

The author cites three studies which indicate that today's worker is searching for personal significance in his/her job. The author also considers this problem: what is the role of vocational education in helping our society to build and maintain a reasonable work ethic? (CT)

Describes a study in which selected employers and personnel directors were interviewed concerning the effects of employees' home lives on work. Areas explored included employee behaviors affected by their home lives; company policies created because of employees' home lives; and the effects of different family life stages on work. (CT)

Explored work values of young workers classified according to three degrees of work satisfaction by using two standardized instruments. Results indicate job satisfaction is more closely linked to intrinsic rather than extrinsic factors of work. Considerable agreement on which factors contribute to work satisfaction was evident regardless of…

This study examined factors (user satisfaction with computer information system function, desired involvement, attitudes toward computer information system staff, and user beliefs about the system) motivating users to become involved in new computer system development and found that user overall satisfaction with computer information system…

Studies 1 and 2 explored the factor structure of the Approaches to Work Questionnaire (AWQ) and Workplace Climate Questionnaire (n=305, n=172). Study 3 tested scales and structure of the revised AWQ, identifying three factors: deep, surface-rational, and surface-disorganized workplace learning. Workplace Climate Questionnaire components were good…

Used fieldwork and employee surveys from three California prisons to examine work responsibilities of correctional counselors and compare their work adjustment to that of other prison personnel. Counselors were primarily casework services providers and were similar to other staff in their reactions to prison work. Psychologists and psychiatrists…

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,…