THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF JOB FACTORS: A NEW MEASUREMENT APPROACH.
Abstract
The paper reports on a new two-phase measurement technique that permits a direct comparison of the perceived relative importance of economic vs. non-economic factors in a job situation in accounting for personnel retention, the willingness to produce, and job satisfaction. The paired comparison method was used to measure the preferences of enlisted men aboard a U. S. Navy destroyer for seven different job classifications, their supervisors, and seven groups of co-workers. In a second phase of the study, these three job factors were combined, together with various amounts of pay, to form two-factor composites. Multiple correlation was used to predict preferences for these composites from the job factor scale values obtained in phase one. Implications of the method and findings to the formation of personnel policy are considered. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1970
- Accession Number
- AD0708456
Entities
People
- Stanley M. Nealey
Organizations
- Colorado State University