Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Relationships Among Job Structural Attributes, Retention, Task Descriptions, Aptitudes, and Work Values. Technical Report No. 3. |
| Authors: |
Barrett, Gerald V., Akron Univ., OH. Dept. of Psychology. |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
70 |
| Publication Date: |
1975 |
| Sponsoring Agency: |
Office of Naval Research, Arlington, VA. Personnel and Training Research Programs Office. |
| Document Type: |
Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: |
Electronics, Field Studies, Individual Characteristics, Job Satisfaction, Maintenance, Military Personnel, Standardized Tests, Task Performance, Tenure, Vocational Aptitude, Work Attitudes, Work Environment |
| Abstract: |
The report describes field studies involving nonsupervisory Naval maintenance and monitoring electronics personnel. The studies' results indicated that Naval retention was related to a number of individual and job attributes. Extended Naval tenure was associated with lower verbal and clerical aptitudes (Naval Test Battery); higher levels of activity preference, pride in work, personal relations, and satisfaction with supervision and the work itself; a less explicit description of the future; and a belief that others shape and control one's future. The Attribute Preference Scale/Attribute Description Scale (APS/ADS) was developed to measure descriptions of current jobs and job structural attribute preferences. Results showed that Naval personnel who indicated a greater discrepancy between preferred and described job attributes characterized their current jobs less favorably. Twenty pages of appendixes explain and provide copies of the APS/ADS scales, a biographical information sheet, and descriptive statistics for APS/ADS. A distribution list provides the names of those persons and agencies to whom the report was distributed. (Author/JR) |
| Entry Date: |
1976 |
| Accession Number: |
ED113489 |
| Database: |
ERIC |
