A study of the Relationship Between Worker Attitudes and Organizational Effectiveness in an Air Logistics Center Maintenance Directorate.
Abstract
A questionnaire containing attitudinal and effectiveness questions was administered at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. Five sets of independent, significant relationships were obtained. The primary findings were that the quality of supervision and group cohesiveness were directly related to efficiency, awareness, and anticipation of problems but had practically no relationship with either the quantity or the quality of the output that was produced; and that both quantity and quality were inversely related to the worker's satisfaction with his job level and his job fit. Nine specific sets of managerial postulates identified indicated the attitudes which were most strongly related with each of the specific effectiveness areas. The research showed that relationships do exist between specific dimensions of worker attitudes and specific criteria of organizational effectiveness, and that it is possible to identify them through multivariate analysis. It was also shown that the effectiveness of organizations could be adequately measured from the perceptions of individuals within the group about how well their unit performs.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA044586
Entities
People
- John E. Engel
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology