Job Satisfaction: Application, Assessment, Causes, and Consequences - Brossura

E. Spector, Paul

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ISBN 10: 0761989234 ISBN 13: 9780761989233

Casa editrice: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1997

Riassunto

Distilling the vast literature on this frequently studied variable in organizational behaviour research, Paul E Spector provides the student and professional with a pithy overview of the application, assessment, causes and consequences of job satisfaction. In addition to discussing the nature of and techniques for assessing job satisfaction, the author summarizes the findings concerning how people feel towards work, including: cultural and gender differences in job satisfaction and personal and organizational causes; and potential consequences of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Students and researchers will particularly appreciate the extensive list of references and the Job Satisfaction Survey included in the Appendix.

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L'autore

Paul E. Spector is a distinguished professor of industrial/organizational (I/O) psychology and I/O doctoral program director at the University of South Florida. He is also director of the NIOSH funded Sunshine Education and Research Center's Occupational Health Psychology doctoral program. He is the Associate Editor for Point/Counterpoint for Journal of Organizational Behavior, Associate Editor for Work & Stress, and is on the editorial boards of Journal of Applied Psychology and Human Resources Management Review.

He has research interests in both content and research methodology. His content research concerns occupational health and safety, including injuries, stress and workplace violence. His methodology interests involve the connections among measurement, statistics, and inference. He has published four books with SAGE: Job Satisfaction: Applications, Assessment, Causes and Consequences, Research Designs, SAS 8 Programming for Researchers and Social Scientists, and Summated Rating Scale Construction.

Contenuti

The Nature of Job Satisfaction
The Assessment of Job Satisfaction
How People Feel about Work
Antecedents of Job Satisfaction
Potential Effects of Job Satisfaction
Concluding Remarks

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0761989234
• ISBN 13: 9780761989233
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 108