WOMEN'S ATTITUDES TOWARD THEIR JOBS: SOME LONGITUDINAL DATA ON A NATIONAL SAMPLE

By examining the levels of female job satisfaction over a 5-year period, insight is provided into the dynamics of job satisfaction of mature women, using variables of skill, experience, effort, age, education, and past and present performance. Consideration is given to the circumstances of employmen...

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Published in:Personnel psychology 1978-04, Vol.31 (1), p.15-34
Main Authors: ANDRISANI, PAUL J., SHAPIRO, MITCHELL B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitudes
Black people
Factors
Job satisfaction
Labor market
Regression analysis
Skills
Statistical analysis
Variables
Women
Work environment
Work study
Workers
Working conditions
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Summary:By examining the levels of female job satisfaction over a 5-year period, insight is provided into the dynamics of job satisfaction of mature women, using variables of skill, experience, effort, age, education, and past and present performance. Consideration is given to the circumstances of employment and the relationship of the job to the woman and her need to work. Over the 5-year period, there is a declining proportion of highly satisfied workers but few expressions of total dissatisfaction. Of those highly satisfied, the satisfaction was derived either from the work itself or the interpersonal relationships with co-workers. Dissatisfaction most frequently arose from wages, hours, supervision, or working conditions. In lower than average job level, conflicts appeared between home and work responsibilities, caused more often by the unfavorable attitude of the husband than by the presence of young children.
ISSN:0031-5826
1744-6570
DOI:10.1111/j.1744-6570.1978.tb02106.x