Global job satisfaction and facet description: The moderating role of facet importance

被引:15
作者
Jackson, CJ [1 ]
Corr, PJ
机构
[1] Univ Queensland, Sch Psychol, Brisbane, Qld 4062, Australia
[2] Univ London Goldsmiths Coll, London SE14 6NW, England
关键词
Locke; job satisfaction; facet importance; facet description;
D O I
10.1027//1015-5759.18.1.1
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Recent research support sLocke's (1976) model of facet satisfaction in which the "range of affect" of objectively defined facet descriptions is moderated by subjective evaluations of facet importance (McFarlin & Rice, 1992). This study examined the utility of Locke's moderated model of face t satisfaction for the prediction of organizationally important global measures of job satisfaction. A large dataset of two groups of workers allowed testing over different time periods and across a broad range of satisfaction measures. The hypothesis derived from Locke's model, that global satisfaction would represent a linear function of facet satisfaction (i.e., facet description x facet importance), was not supported. Instead, a simple (have-want) discrepancy model (operationalized as facet description) provided the most consistent set of predictors. The results suggests that workers, when providing global measures of job satisfaction, may use cognitive heuristics to reduce the complexity of facet description x importance calculations. The implications of these data for Locke's model and directions for future research are outlined.
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