Productivity and Job Satisfaction in Research and Development: Associated Individual and Supervisory Variables.
Abstract
This research explored the relationships of supervisory and individual variables to the productivity and job satisfaction of scientists and engineers in a selected Air Force research and development laboratory. Productivity was defined as quantity of output and was measured across six different types of output. Job satisfaction was measured by the Hoppock measure. Supervisory and individual variables were measured by nine demographic variables and the following measurement scales: (1) the Supervisory Behavior Description Questionnaire (SBDQ), (2) the Leader Reward Behavior Instrument (LRBI), and (3) The Rotter Internal-External (I-E) Scale of Control of Reinforcement. For both the nonsuperviosry scientists/engineers and the group leaders, the following relationships were found. No relationship was found between productivity and job satisfaction. Although higher education, grade, and experience were associated with higher productivity, no single predictor variable was shown to be significantly associated with all six of the productivity variables, including leader behavior and the Rotter score. However, consideration and positive leader reward behavior were positively related to job satisfaction. Education was found to be associated to job satisfaction: positively for the nonsupervisory scientists/engineers and negatively for the group leaders. The total Rotter score was negatively associated with job satisfaction for the nonsupervisory scientists/engineers.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA045981
Entities
People
- Larry J. Corbin
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology