Information Integration in Ratings of Job Satisfaction and Work Effort. Basic Research

Abstract

Job satisfaction and work motivation were studied using experimental methods from information integration theory and functional measurement. Subjects rated the levels of satisfaction and work effort appropriate to each of a number of job descriptions, which varied in starting salary, time requirement, (hours per week), amount of potential pay increase, time to pay increase, and performance requirement for pay increase. Each subject rated all jobs in a replicated factorial combination of these variables. Data from this research were shown useful for (1) evaluating quantitative descriptions of work-related behavior at both group and individual levels, (2) predicting the effects of changes in job variables, and (3) equating monetary and nonmonetary job factors for their effects on rated satisfaction and work effort. Starting salary and time requirement accounted for most of the variance in rated satisfaction, while all individual variables accounted for some variance in rated work effort.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA145677

Entities

People

  • George W. Lawton

Organizations

  • U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Experimental Design
  • Factorial Design
  • Information Science
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Motivation
  • Personnel Retention
  • Psychology
  • Regression Analysis
  • Social Sciences
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Theorems

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Naval Personnel Management
  • Organizational Psychology.