Responses to the original and revised job diagnostic survey: is education a factor in responses to negatively worded items?
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The original and revised versions of the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) were administered to 3,044 public sector employees in a range of jobs, and results confirmed earlier findings that a revised version of the JDS using only positively worded items better fits the five-factor structure underlying the instrument. Evidence was obtained that respondents' education level is not the reason for the problems experienced with negatively worded items, nor does it appear that less educated workers are inherently less able to distinguish between job characteristics. Recommendations are made for the use of the revised JDS in future research and practice. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Psychology
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-9010
Year: 1993
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Neither 'tentative' nor 'fragmentary': verdict preference of impaneled felony jurors as a function of attitude toward capital punishment
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A detailed study of jurors' attitudes has found that a positive attitude toward the death penalty correlates with a tendency on the juror's part to vote for conviction. In one part of the study, data indicated that this tendency was even stronger when a case was legally weak.Jurors who are favorable toward capital punishment were found to come from demographically identifiable groups. These findings could have an impact on the selection of juries in capital punishment cases.
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Psychology
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-9010
Year: 1986
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