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Peer reviewedGavin, James F.; Greenhaus, Jeffrey H. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
The mediating effect of organizational "time investments" on the relationship between work environment perceptions and mental health was explored in two work settings. Participants were 257 managerial-level employees in a line organization and 214 in a staff setting. Results are discussed and implications for the social responsibilities of…
Descriptors: Employees, Mental Health, Organizational Climate, Perception
Peer reviewedGreenhaus, Jeffrey H.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1978
Expectancy theory concepts were used to predict (1) the attractiveness of, (2) the amount of effort directed toward entering, and (3) the eventual choice of a job in relatively big and small work organizations. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Organization Size (Groups), Organizational Climate
Peer reviewedZultowski, Walter H.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1978
Moderating effects of nine organizational climate factors were examined on relationships between four goal-setting attributes and three measures of employee satisfaction with 245 scientists and engineers participating in an MBO program. Researchers did not find sufficient evidence to warrant a general statement concerning the moderating effects in…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Environmental Influences, Goal Orientation, Job Satisfaction
Download full textOlmstead, Joseph A.; Christensen, Harold E. – 1974
This report summarizes selected results and implications of an intensive field study of the effects of work contexts on the attitudes and performance of personnel employed in social welfare and rehabilitation agencies. A principal objective of this research was to determine the impacts of organizational structure and climate on social welfare and…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Field Studies, Organization, Organizational Climate
Peer reviewedSmart, John C. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1975
Examines differences in the degree to which 15 specific sources of job satisfaction were related to and predictive of the overall satisfaction of department chairmen in the six model environments proposed by Holland (1973). (Author)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrators, Departments, Higher Education
Long, Richard J. – 1978
Employee ownership affects organizational integration, organizational involvement and organizational commitment. Through a framework which predicts the effects of employee ownership on job attitudes and organizational performance (Long, 1978), the effects of conversion to employee ownership at three companies with varying degrees of employee…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Decision Making, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Biggs, Donald A.; And Others – 1973
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between the social characteristics of student personnel offices and a student personnel coalition with staff job alienation and job satisfaction. The population of the study was comprised of professional staff members in the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs at the…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Climate
Peer reviewedDill, David D. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1986
A wide variety of individual and contextual factors, within and outside institutional control, can affect faculty research performance. These collective factors, the research culture, include policies and practices affecting recruitment, workload, evaluation, collegial communication, leadership, and structure. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Evaluation, Faculty Recruitment, Faculty Workload
Department of Labor, Washington, DC. Office of the American Workplace. – 1993
A literature survey established that a substantial amount of research has been conducted on the relationship between productivity and the following specific high performance work practices: employee involvement in decision making, compensation linked to firm or worker performance, and training. According to these studies, high performance work…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Business Administration, Change Strategies, Employment Practices
Nash, Al – 1977
Diverse opinions are held by workers, union officials, and labor researchers about the importance of the quality of working life to workers. Major issues in this debate focus on the following questions: (1) Is there a workers' movement to improve the quality of working life? (2) Do workers seek meaning and self-fulfillment in their jobs? (3) Can…
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Experiments, Failure
Bennett, C. A.; Griffitt, W. B. – 1976
A survey of all 1,000 Kansas State University faculty was conducted in August 1975 by the KSU chapter of the American Association of University Professors. Results from the 459 usable returns are detailed in statistical and narrative form. Ninety percent of the faculty indicated high degrees of liking their positions. Although a number of areas…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Evaluation, Fringe Benefits
