Psychology 2660A/B Lecture 19: Nov 11 - Chapter 10

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2660A/B
• Professor: John Meyer

Document Summary

The study of work attitudes: a general framework. 1989; ilies & judge, 2003: time 1 is related to time 2 and time 3 (cid:224) positive correlation, even for people who had changed jobs (cid:224) if satisfied with first job, more likely to be satisfied with second job, determined that job satisfaction was 30% heritable, tendency to experience positive or negative affect, which influences whether or not we like or dislike our jobs, natural dispositional difference. Empirical evidence: narrative reviews, brayfield & crockett (1955) no appreciable relationship , locke (1976) job satisfaction has no direct effect on productivity, meta analyses, vroom (1964) median r = . 14, iaffaldano & muchinsky (1985) sample weighted r = . 17, podsakoff & williams (1986) corrected r = . 21, judge et al. (2001) corrected r = . 30 (. 52 for complex jobs) Snow day in chicago vs. new york: strong correlation in chicago (cid:224) no one will hassle you, attending has become more discretionary.