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The development of an occupational attributional style questionnaire
Author(s) -
Furnham Adrian,
Sadka Valda,
Brewin Chris R.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.4030130104
Subject(s) - attribution , psychology , job satisfaction , salary , style (visual arts) , social psychology , work (physics) , archaeology , political science , law , history , mechanical engineering , engineering
Ninety working adults completed the OASQ — an occupational attributional style questionnaire aimed specifically at examining attributions for work‐related events. They also completed well‐known and validated measures of job satisfaction and intrinsic motivation. The OASQ was shown to have satisfactory internal reliability. Attributions for positive events, rather than negative events, were significantly correlated with demographic variables like occupational status and salary but also job satisfaction and motivation. The study supports previous work to the effect that an ‘optimistic’ internal attributional style at work is associated with satisfaction and motivation.