A study of three specific problems in the measurement and interpretation of emoloyee attitudes.

The effects of response format and internal versus external criteria measures on the evaluation of importance weighted models of job satisfaction

“…This study, like Decker (1955), failed to support the theoreti cal contentions that an importance weighted model of job satisfaction would be more valid than the unweighted measure of job satisfaction. Mikes and Hulin (1968) were the next to systematically investigate the validity of the importance weighted model.…”

“…5 Decker (1955) used this methodology to evaluate the weighted and unweighted models of job satisfaction. He started with Hoppock's (1935) definition of job satisfaction which implied that the general overall atti tude toward a job may result from a combination of satisfactions and dis satisfactions which an employee feels toward specific facets of his job.…”

“…Smith. & Albright, 1960;Youngberg, Hedberg, & Baxter, 1962), research evidence is uniformly negative in regard to this model (Decker, 1955;Ewen, 1967;Mikes & Hulin, 1968;Wanous & Lawler, 1972;Quinn & Mangione, 1973).…”

“…Reacting to this criticism, many other empirical studies have con cluded that the rated importance of different items should be considered in estimating overall job satisfaction (Decker, 1955;Froehlich & Wolins, 1960;Glennon, Owens, Smith & Albright, 1960).…”

Sociological Models Based on Fréchet Random Variables

“…Researchers studying job satisfaction have used product of variables in two ways in their research. First, studies by Schaffer (1953), Decker (1955), Ewen (1967) and Waters (1969) have all examined the importance of building overall satisfaction measures as the sum of separate aspects of job satisfaction multiplied by the importance of this aspect of the job for the individual. That is, the measure is a sum of products of variables.…”