Organizational Work and the Perceived Quality of Life: Toward a Conceptual Model.

Abstract

A preliminary conceptual model for examining the effects of organizational work on the perceived quality of life (pQL) is presented. pQL is defined as affective beliefs ('hot cognitions') concerning the status of one's life. Such beliefs are proposed to be a function of life's outcomes, the standards sued to judge those outcomes, and the personal importance attached to the outcomes. The potential influences of work on pQL are considered in terms of effects mediated by the perceived quality of work life vs. those mediated by the perceived quality of nonwork life, person-changing vs. environment-changing effects, and first-party vs. second-party effects. Implications of the model for future research are considered. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA145562

Entities

People

  • D. B. Mcfarlin
  • J. P. Near
  • R. G. Hunt
  • R. W. Rice

Organizations

  • University at Buffalo

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Business Administration
  • Cognition
  • Employment
  • Families (Human)
  • Human Behavior
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Judgment
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Money
  • New York
  • Personality
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Task Forces

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  • Psychology

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