A field study of employees' attitudes and behaviors after promotion deisions
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The impact of promotion decisions on equity, commitment, and behavioral outcomes was examined in a field setting. Workers in a service company who submitted their candidacy for promotion to either department or division heads were compared with their noncandidate counterparts (total N = 191). Subjects completed surveys after promotion decisions were made. In addition, measures of the subjects' lateness and absence before and after promotion were available. Data analyzed by level of position (department vs. division) and promotion decision (promoted, not promoted, and control) indicated that promotions resulting from self-initiated candidacies might actually produce undesirable outcomes. Failure to get a promotion was associated with feelings of inequlity, a decrease in commitment, and an increase in absenteeism; positive promotion decisions increased commitment. Theoretical and organizational implications are discussed. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Psychology
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-9010
Year: 1992
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Some methodological considerations for the behavioral genetic analysis of work attitudes
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In a recent article, Arvey, Bouchard, Segal, and Abraham (1989) argued that about 30% of the variance in job satisfaction was accounted for by workers' genetic make-ups. To demonstrate this, they examined a group of monozygotic twins who had been reared apart. Although this method has been used widely in behavioral genetic research, it contains many hidden threats to validity, which could render suspect numerical estimates of either environmental or genetic effects. We examine some of the threats associated with this type of twin research, emphasizing the problems involved in quantifying the heritability of job satisfaction. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Psychology
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-9010
Year: 1990
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Wives' employment and husbands' attitudes toward work and life
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It has been understood for some time that working has a positive impact on a woman's self image and a negative impact on her husband. This study looked at the husband in greater detail and found that a component of his negative reaction involves his work attitude. Husbands of working wives feel less adequate as breadwinners than do husbands of nonworking women. This inadequacy affects husbands' job satisfaction and performance negatively.
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Psychology
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-9010
Year: 1986
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