Study Hoopes & Lounsbury (1989): study US 1985
- Public
- Working adults, USA, before and after vacation, 198?,
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 129
- Non Response
- 23
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: paper
Completed at T1 and T3. Prevacation survey 1 to 2 weeks before vacation (median time 7 days), within a week after they returned to their jobs subjects filled out the postvacation survey form (median time 3 days).
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Satisfaction with work
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- alpha=.84
- Remarks
- Assessed at: T1: 1 or 2 weeks before vacation T3: the week after vacation
- Distribution
- N=121 M=3,16 SD=,85
- Operationalization
- Self report on satisfaction with:
- the people you work with/your co-workers
- the work you do on your job - the work itself
- the supervision you receive on your job
- the opportunities for promotion and advancement on your job
- what you are accomplishing in life
- how interesting your day to day life is
- your job as a whole
Assessed on a 1-7 scale:1 delighted...7 terrible