Measuring Job Satisfaction: A Note on the Within and Between Problem

Steven E. Markham; Dow Scott

Measuring Job Satisfaction: A Note on the Within and Between Problem

Steven E. Markham, Dow Scott

Quinlan School of Business

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Abstract

An analysis of within-group and between-group sources of covariation was applied to a seven item job satisfaction measure adapted from the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. Data were collected from 159 chemical workers. Results indicated that some satisfaction items were strongly influenced by the structure of the supervisor groups. This issue of between-versus within-group variation offers a possible explanation for low correlations in past research using job satisfaction measures.

Original language	American English
Journal	School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Volume	4
Issue number	4
State	Published - Dec 1 1987

Keywords

Job Satisfaction
Satisfaction Questionnaire
Group Variation
Unit Problem

Disciplines

Business
Human Resources Management

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Measuring Job Satisfaction: A Note on the Within and Between Problem

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