Suchergebnisse

This report summarizes a series of studies pertaining to the description of individuals, groups, organizations, and larger social entities in common, mutually relevant, commensurate terms. Exploration of the ascriptive uses of over 20,000 trait-descriptive terms in contemporary American English led to the construction of a 120-item instrument suitable for investigations of individual-environment 'fit," studies of attribution processes, or for the measurement of self, group, organizational, or national images.

The moderating effect of self‐actualization need strength on the relationships between job characteristics and job outcomes was investigated. Results provide strong support for its effect on the relationships between job complexity and four of five outcome measures and suggest that responses of workers in the public and private sectors are similar.