Assessment of the AFIT Survey of Work Attitudes: History and Review of Three Scales

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to make an initial assessment of the AFIT SURVEY OF WORK ATTITUDES . The historical basis of the development of the survey were documented. Survey constructs and measurement scales were identified. A literature review was conducted to document the reliability/ validity of three of the scales used in the survey to measure Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment and Participation in Decision Making. The literature was also searched to determine the frequency of use of each scale by researchers in the organizational behavior field. The study found that job satisfaction scale was not commonly used and an alternate scale was suggested. The organizational commitment scale was commonly used in research and had strong validity/reliability data. There was no one dominant participation in decision making scale (PDM) discovered in the review. It was recommended that the existing PDM scale be used but suggested that additional reliability/validity data be gathered.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA187096

Entities

People

  • Mark L. Bergeron

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Applied Psychology
  • Business Administration
  • Civil Engineering
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Job Satisfaction
  • Literature Surveys
  • Measurement
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Psychology
  • Reliability
  • Social Psychology
  • Social Sciences

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  • Library and Information Science
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.