Affective Determinants of Job Perceptions,

Abstract

The Job Characteristics Model of Hackman and Oldham (1976) has served as a useful guide for designing jobs to be more motivating and satisfying. It is argued, however, that the job perceptions of incumbents may be biased or influenced by internal affective states or moods. This assertion is supported by the results of two studies. The first was a laboratory study in which job perceptions were more favorable when subjects were artificially placed in a good mood. In the second study, the overall job perceptions of a sample of city government workers were found to be predictable from both their job satisfaction and mood states. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADP003258

Entities

People

  • Kurt Kraiger

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Colorado
  • Department Of Defense
  • Governments
  • Job Satisfaction
  • National Governments
  • Perception
  • Psychological Phenomena And Processes
  • Psychology
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Organizational Psychology.