Study Wright et al. (2007): study US 2004

Public

Managers, United States, 2004

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 109

Non Response

27%

Assessment

Multiple assesment methods
Questionnaire for psychological well-being and job satisfaction, company reords for job performance.

Correlate

Authors's Label

Job performance

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Cronbach's alpha = 0.74

Distribution

M = 3.6; SD = 0.9

Operationalization

Rating by supervisor on 2 dimensions:
a. goal emphasis, i.e., "Employees develop and maintain high performance goals over the past (one year) evaluation period."
Rated:
1 never
:
5 always

b. global rating of performance, i.e.,"Overall, how would you rate this employee's performance over the past (one year) evaluation period?"
Rated:
1 poor
:
5 excellent

These items were summed to form a composite measure of performance.

Observed Relation with Happiness