Study Wong (1985a): study US 1984
- Public
- Working parents with children <16, USA, 1984
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 651
- Non Response
- 59-79%
- Assessment
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Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Questionnaire returned by intra office mail in a sealed envelope
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Job satisfaction
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- alpha = .84
- Distribution
- Married Fathers: M=2,9, SD=.73, Married Mothers M = 2,8 SD = .64, Single Mothers M=2,7 SD = .67
- Related specification variables
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- Operationalization
- A.All in all is this a good company/agency to work for?
Rated: 1 = Extremely good, 2 = Very good, 3 = average, 4 = somewhat poor, 5 = very poor
B. Knowing what you know now, if you had to decide all over again whether to take the job you now have, what would you say? Rated: 1 = Decide without hesitation to take the same type of job, 2= have some second thoughts, 3 = Decide definitely not to take this type of job.
C.If a friend of yours told you he or she was interested in working in a job like yours, for your employer, what would you say? Rated: 1 = strongly recommend it, 2 = recommend it, 3 = Have doubts about recommending it, 4 = advise friend against it.
D. All in all, how satisfied would you say you are with your job.
Rated: 1 = not at all satisfied, 2 = Not too satisfied, 3 = Very satisfied, 4 = Extremely satisfied
item 1-3 are reverse coded in the analysis.