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Women on the assembly line: A comparison of main and interactive explanations of job satisfaction, absence and mental health
Author(s) -
CLEGG CHRIS,
WALL TOBY,
KEMP NIGEL
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of occupational psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 2044-8325
pISSN - 0305-8107
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8325.1987.tb00260.x
Subject(s) - mental health , job satisfaction , psychology , assembly line , social psychology , work (physics) , sample (material) , line (geometry) , job attitude , empirical research , job performance , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , philosophy , chemistry , geometry , mathematics , epistemology , chromatography , engineering
This paper examines the relative merits of main and interactive explanations of the effects of assembly‐line work on the job satisfaction, absence and mental health of a sample of women operators. In an empirical study, it was found that assembly‐line work had a direct effect on job satisfaction thus confirming previous findings for men. No effect was found for absence. There was an interaction effect of assembly‐line work on mental health. It occurred for those who felt their job denied them the opportunity to use their abilities, and who daydreamed for substantial periods of time. The role of daydreaming is interpreted as a personal predisposition to disengage cognitively. Social support was not found to have a moderating role for any of the dependent variables.