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Work Values and Job Satisfaction of Young Adult Males
Author(s) -
DRUMMOND ROBERT J.,
MCINTIRE WALTER G.,
SKAGGS C. THOMAS
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1977.tb00633.x
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , psychology , work (physics) , social psychology , mechanical engineering , engineering
We explored the work values of young workers who had been classified according to three degrees of work satisfaction by using two standardized instruments. The results lent support to the idea that job satisfaction is more closely linked to the intrinsic rather than the extrinsic factors of work. Considerable agreement on which factors contribute to work satisfaction was also evident regardless of the level of satisfaction. We suggest that counselors working with youths pay close attention to intrinsic work factors.