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A Suggested Modification in Job Satisfaction Surveys
Author(s) -
ROSEN R. A. HUDSON,
ROSEN HJALMAR
Publication year - 1955
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1955.tb01209.x
Subject(s) - psychology , job satisfaction , interpretation (philosophy) , measure (data warehouse) , social psychology , applied psychology , computer science , data mining , programming language
Summary I n this paper it initially is pointed out that varying types of questions included within job satisfaction surveys often are interpreted as being equivalent; that is, as giving some measure of satisfaction‐dissatisfaction. A modification is proposed which not only would overcome that difficulty, but would give some insight into reasons behind evaluations. A questionnaire incorporating this modification, and used in a survey of union member attitudes about their union organization, is described. The following conclusions were derived: (1) The danger of interpreting varying types of questions as providing a measure of satisfaction‐dissatisfaction was demonstrated. (2) The proposed modification provided insight into the reasons behind satisfaction‐dissatisfaction. (3) Differing statistical treatment of the data produced no significant differences in interpretation.