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EFFECTS OF HIGHER ORDER NEED STRENGTH ON THE JOB PERFORMANCE–JOB SATISFACTION RELATIONSHIP
Author(s) -
ABDELHALIM AHMED A.
Publication year - 1980
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.1744-6570.1980.tb02355.x
Subject(s) - psychology , job satisfaction , job design , job performance , social psychology , order (exchange) , sample (material) , regression analysis , task (project management) , applied psychology , statistics , management , mathematics , business , chemistry , finance , chromatography , economics
This study examines the moderating effects of employee higher order need strength (HONS) on the relationship between job performance and job satisfaction. Data were collected from a sample of 123 non‐supervisory employees in a large retail‐drug organization in the Midwest. Moderated regression and subgroup analyses were performed on the data, and the results provide support for the moderating role of HONS. Specifically, job performance is positively related to intrinsic as well as extrinsic sources of job satisfaction for strong HONS individuals while no such relation is found for individuals with weak HONS. Implications for work motivation and task design are discussed.