Values, are conceptualized in context of work adjustment as reference dimensions for the description of needs. Factor analyses of Minnesota Importance Questionnaire data are presented. Safety, Comfort, Aggrandizement, Altruism, Achievement, and Autonomy are identified. These value dimensions are organized in terms of reinforcement preferences and…

The Theory of Work Adjustment is based on the concept of correspondence between individual and environment. Achieving and maintaining correspondence with the environment are basic motives of human behavior. Work represents a major environment to which most individuals must relate. Correspondence is then the individual fulfilling the requirements…

Job satisfaction data on managerial personnel were used to illustrate how organizations can be differentiated and described as reinforcer systems. Twenty-seven specific satisfaction scales were regressed on overall job satisfaction. Overall satisfaction was found to be determined mainly by scales concerning challenge of the job and prospects of…

Ten judges with varying expertise rated 183 occupations on 3 dimensions (predictable/unpredictable, self/nonself, social/nonsocial). Comparison with "Dictionary of Occupational Titles" ratings of interest and temperament requirements showed that occupations can be characterized reliably on these dimensions. (SK)

The Theory of Work Adjustment developed at the University of Minnesota is explicated as a frame of reference from which to view job satisfaction. (Author)

This paper reviews literature on job satisfaction and work adjustment and relates it to ways in which vocational education can contribute to worker satisfaction. The first section considers studies of job satisfaction from the beginning of the twentieth century and shows how the various approaches are not conflicting but contribute different and…