Perceived Job Characteristics and Job Satisfaction: An Examination of Reciprocal Causation.
Abstract
The following four assumptions were tested: (1) satisfaction with job/task events and perceptions of job challenge, autonomy, and importance are direct, reciprocal causes of each other; (2) job perceptions are also caused directly by situation attributes, although perceptual distortions resulting for individual depositions must also be considered; (3) job satisfaction is also cognitive consistent with (i.e., caused by) individual dispositions, although these individual dispositions are generally different from those associated with job perceptions; and (4) individuals rely on job perceptions, and not situational attributes for information in formulating job satisfaction attitudes. The assumptions were tested on a sample of nonsupervisory subjects (n = 642) from divergent work environments (e.g., production-lines and a computer software department). A nonrecursive, structural equation analysis, combined with tests of logical consistency, supported the assumptions above. The results were employed to recommend changes in current perspectives regarding perceptual/affective dichotomies and unidirectional causal models and moderator models that link job perceptions to job satisfaction. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA068199
Entities
People
- Allan P. Jones
- Lawrence R. James
Organizations
- Texas Christian University