Validation Study of the Motivation for Occupational Choice Scale

Davis, Tammy

doi:10.2466/pr0.82.2.491-494

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“…Heneman & Schwab, 1985; Judge, 1993; Judge & Welbourne, 1994). The current findings are also in agreement with the findings of Scarpello et al in that job classifications may serve as a proxy for cognitive complexity because higher level jobs are often more complex and thus are likely to be filled with individuals possessing higher levels of cognitive complexity (Davis & Scarpello, 1995; Vandenberg & Scarpello, 1990). Therefore, in the future, it would be useful to examine the mean levels of cognitive complexity across multiple job classifications and investigate what other organizationally related or demographic variables may serve as proxies for cognitive complexity.…”

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Cognitive complexity and the perceived dimensionality of pay satisfaction.

Carraher

Buckley²

1996

Journal of Applied Psychology

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This study explored the possibility that cognitive complexity can account for differences in the number of perceived dimensions with which individuals conceptualize pay satisfaction, as measured by the Pay Satisfaction Questionnaire. Using 2 independent samples of 1,969 certified teachers, it was found that mean group differences in cognitive complexity may account for the differences previously found in the literature. It was suggested that additional basic research be performed on how individuals conceptualize pay satisfaction and that more useful measures of cognitive complexity be developed.

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