Study Watson & Slack (1993): study US Texas 1984
- Public
- University personnel, United States, followed 4 years, 1984-1988
- Survey name
- Unnamed study
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 82
- Non Response
- 21.9%
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
self reports on questionnaires and rating by experts
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Job satisfaction
- Our Classification
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- Error Estimates
- Cronbach's alpha: - Work: 0.83 - Pay: 0.75 - Promotion: 0.87 - Supervision: 0.88 - Co-workers: 0.89 - MSQ: 0.91
- Remarks
- Measured at T1 and T4
- Distribution
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- Work: M = 36.89; SD = 10.53
- Pay: M = 10.91; SD = 5.98
- Promotion: M = 8.05; SD = 7.01
- Supervision: M = 41.32; SD = 11.40
- Co-workers: M = 40.11; SD = 11.27
- MSQ: M = 56.11; SD = 12.22 - Operationalization
- Measured by 2 indexes:
a. Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ), participants rated how they felt about their present jobs:
1 very dissatisfied
:
5 very satisfied
b. Job Descriptive Index (JDI), including aspects of work, pay, co-workers (18 items for each), promotion, and supervision (9 items for each)
Rated:
0 item is not descriptive of job
1 cannot decide
3 item is descriptive
Observed Relation with Happiness
Pem Nem
Work r = +.42(05) r = -.32(05)
Pay r = +.16(ns) r = -.17(ns)
Promotion r = +.26(05) r = -.20(ns)
Supervision r = +.17(ns) r = -.19(ns)
Co-workers r = +.08(ns) r = -.30(05)
MSQ r = +.29(05) r = -.09(ns)
Happiness at T4:
Pem Nem
Work r = +.36(05) r = -.38(05)
Pay r = +.22(ns) r = -.25(05)
Promotion r = +.19(ns) r = -.07(ns)
Supervision r = +.14(ns) r = -.28(05)
Co-workers r = +.20(ns) r = -.23(05)
MSQ r = +.33(05) r = -.18(ns)
Correlation with affect balance not reported, but must be positive
- for Work: R2 change = +9.5% (01)
- for Pay: R2 change = +1.1% (ns)
- for Promotion: R2 change = +1.7% (ns)
- for Supervision: R2 change = +2.2% (ns)
- for Co-workers: R2 change = +11.4% (01)
- for MSQ: R2 change = +1,6% (ns)