Study Bray & Howard (1983): study US 1956

Public

40+ aged male managers, Bell Telephone Company, 1956-1980

Sample

Respondents

N = 422

Non Response

Panel loss at T5 37%

Assessment

Rating by experts
Expert ratings based on various methods used in assesment center

Correlate

Authors's Label

Avocational interests

Our Classification

Operationalization

Rating by 4 experts on the basis of multi-method assessments during stays in assessment-center.

Rater instruction: "To what extent does this person find meaning and satisfaction in a hobby or hobbies?"
(Consider depth and intensity of interest, not breadth. Includes work if it is not Bell System Work)".

Assessed at T5.

Observed Relation with Happiness