Study Weiss et al. (1999): study US 1996

Public

Managers, United States, followed 16 working days, 1996

Survey name

Unnamed study

Sample

Respondents

N = 64

Non Response

Assessment

Multiple assesment methods
dairy and questionnaires

Correlate

Authors's Label

Overall job satisfaction

Our Classification

Error Estimates

Cronbach's alpha = 0.89

Remarks

Faces Scale (Kunin, 1955)

Distribution

M = 5.92; SD = 0.95

Operationalization

Self report on 2 dimensions about overall job satisfaction:
A. Faces Scale: participants were instructed to indicate which face was most appropriate for describing their general feelings about their jobs;
B. self report on 4 statements:
a. "All in all I am satisfied with my job"
b. "In general I don't like my job " (R)
c. "In general I like working here"
d. I frequently think of quitting this job " ®
Rated:
1 strongly disagree
:
4 neither agree nor disagree
:
7 strongly agree

Observed Relation with Happiness