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A DIALECTICAL APPROACH TO INVESTIGATING ROLE CONFLICT, JOB SATISFACTION AND SITUATIONAL ANXIETY IN AN AFRICAN INDUSTRIAL CONTEXT
Author(s) -
Coldwell David A.L.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/00207598508247731
Subject(s) - nomothetic and idiographic , nomothetic , dialectic , psychology , situational ethics , context (archaeology) , social psychology , job satisfaction , empirical research , anxiety , applied psychology , cognitive psychology , epistemology , paleontology , philosophy , biology , psychiatry
A dialectical approach incorporating both nomothetic and idiographic perspectives is proposed as a possible solution to the problem of concept validation encountered in industrial psychological and industrial sociological investigations by providing them with a more complete criterion of validity. The use of the proposed method is illustrated in an empirical research investigation.