A Study of Relationships among Selected Organizational Variables in System Program Offices during the Weapon System Acquisition Process.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine whether certain organizational variables would affect job satisfaction and perception of organizational climate among managers in System Program Offices (SPOs). In general, the research hypotheses were that the organizational variables were related to job satisfaction and organizational climate, and that satisfaction and climate were related. Correlation and one-way analysis of variance statistical techniques were used to test the hypotheses. Fifteen specific hypotheses were investigated and support was found for three. The results of the research indicated that perception of organizational climate differed among SPOs of different sizes, among managers performing duty at different organizational levels, and among SPOs in different phases of the weapon system acquisition process. No support was found for hypotheses concerned with job satisfaction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA032460

Entities

People

  • Donald L. Haddox
  • Neal A. Long

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Civilian Personnel
  • Computer Programs
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Organizational Structure
  • Probability
  • Project Management
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Surveys
  • System Software
  • Tensile Strength
  • Weapon Systems

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Economics
  • Regression Analysis.