Putting all one's eggs in the same basket: a comparison of commitment and satisfaction among self- and organizationally employed men
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Self-employed individuals constitute a large and growing segment of the U.S. workforce, but they have been virtually ignored by organizational researchers. In this study, it was hypothesized that self-employed individuals, because of greater physical, emotional, and financial investment in their jobs, would report higher levels of organizational commitment, job involvement, and work salience than would individuals employed by organizations. It was also hypothesized that there would be a stronger relationship between job, life, family, and self-satisfaction for self-employed individuals. LISREL, MANCOVA, ANCOVA, and planned comparisons were used to analyze the data from a sample of 62 self- and 115 organizationally employed male college graduates; the first hypothesis received partial support and the second hypothesis was fully supported. Implications and directions for future research are briefly 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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Measurement of kinship responsibility for organizational research
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To encourage the systematic inclusion of the kinship responsibility construct in organizational research, we offer a measure and evaluate its reliability and validity in a study of hospital employees. Kinship responsibility is defined as the degree of an individual's obligation to relatives in the community in which the individual resides, and kinship responsibility is expected to affect the individual's organizational behavior. The kinship responsibility construct is related theoretically and empirically to turnover, absenteeism, intent to leave, commitment, satisfaction, and hours worked for both female and male employees. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)
Publication Name: Journal of Applied Psychology
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0021-9010
Year: 1988
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