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Download full textFreeman, Walter J. – 1978
A study examined the organizational factors contributing to the motivation of 4-H volunteer leaders. A modified form of Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene Theory served as the research design of the study. A total of 149 4-H leaders were interviewed regarding thirteen job factors: recognition; personal growth; relationships with other 4-H leaders,…
Descriptors: Adults, Definitions, Employee Attitudes, Individual Needs
Weber, R. Jack; Hadd, Thomas A. – 1974
The Porter Need Satisfaction Questionnaire (PNSQ) is a 13-item questionnaire designed to measure a respondent's need satisfaction in five areas: Security, Social, Esteem, Autonomy, and Self-Actualization. In this study, the internal structure of the PNSQ is reexamined using a large multiorganizational sample of 2,049 middle and upper level…
Descriptors: Administration, Employer Employee Relationship, Factor Analysis, Individual Characteristics
Feiman-Nemser, Sharon; Floden, Robert E. – 1984
In the past, many social scientists were content to study teaching from a distance, borrowing concepts mainly from psychology and sociology to explain what teaching was like. Increasingly, students of teaching have come to value the insider's viewpoint and to rely on teachers as informants. This paper brings together research about the meaning of…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, Locus of Control, Need Gratification
Young, Leanne E.; And Others – 1980
The rapid growth of multinational corporations has necessitated theoretical and practical concerns for operating and managing organizations in varying cultural environments. The Navy Public Works Centers (PWCs) provide engineering, maintenance, rehabilitation construction, transportation and housing to U.S. Navy customers around the world.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Bess, James L. – 1981
Recent theories of professional work satisfaction are reviewed and applied to the college or university professor. Additionally, the professional satisfactions available to the academic person are compared with those of professionals in other occupations. The following theories of job satisfaction are examined: job facets theory, expectancy…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Need Gratification
Dunn, Dennis J.; And Others – 1973
The project for which the document is the final report began with concern over rapid turnover among vocational evaluators in rehabilitation facilities. The job turnover problem was analyzed according to the Minnesota theory of work adjustment. Resulting data suggest that vocational evaluators who change jobs do so because of dissatisfaction with…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Training, Employee Attitudes, Job Satisfaction
Bell, David; Reed, Stan – 1984
This document identifies characteristics and patterns of characteristics of those who have leisure as a mid-life option. A comparison was made between individuals electing to pursue leisure and those electing to enter teaching at this life stage. Results of structured interviews, statistical results, and an analysis of a life satisfaction scale…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Individual Psychology, Interpersonal Relationship, Leisure Time
Merriam, Sharan B.; Clark, M. Carolyn – 1991
This book contains 11 theory-based chapters reporting the findings of a study on patterns of work, love, and learning in adulthood. (The study gathered data about events related to work, relationships, and learning from 405 adults and graphed them to identify life patterns.) The following topics are covered: (1) the origins and development of the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults
Essex, Duane W.; Liu, Cheng C. – 1974
The study describes an exploratory effort to develop procedures and techniques to assess work-relevant affect. A stimulus word list, consisting of 211 words in 10 work and one miscellaneous categories, was tested on 10 female secretaries and 10 male auto mechanics to determine from their single-word responses the hierarchical structure of work…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Association Measures, Association (Psychology), Attitude Measures
Quinn, Robert P.; Baldi de Mandilovitch, Martha S. – 1975
The relationship between education and job satisfaction is investigated and defined in social-psychological terms in this report. The objective of the research was to test the assumption that the better an individual's education, the greater his chances of securing a desired and satisfying job. The authors found a general scarcity of specific…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Employee Attitudes, Employment, Employment Level
Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock. – 1982
A study examined the satisfactions and dissatisfactions of people employed in traditional and nontraditional jobs. During the project, mail questionnaires were returned by a sample of 352 residents that included both males and females employed in traditional occupations. Information was collected from the respondents regarding their sex, ethnic…
Descriptors: Blue Collar Occupations, Career Choice, Educational Attainment, Employer Employee Relationship
Thomson, Susan Gotsch – 1979
A study was conducted to determine the (theoretical) relative influence of family status and occupational and attitudinal variables on women's commitment to work. Twelve hundred working women were asked. "If you were to get enough money to live as comfortably as you'd like for the rest of your life, would you continue to work? Yes or…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes, Blacks, Blue Collar Occupations
Peer reviewedEvans, Jr., Gilbert; Honeyman, David – Visions: The Journal of Applied Research for the Florida Association of Community Colleges, 1998
Investigates the relationship between organizational climate and job satisfaction as reported by community college presidents. States that if boards of trustees and other college personnel wish to increase job satisfaction for their presidents, there must be open lines of communication, and board members must respond to the needs of the…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Attitudes, Board Administrator Relationship, College Presidents
