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Presidential Decision Making and Leadership in the Civil Rights Era
In: Presidential studies quarterly, Band 25, Heft 3, S. 391-412
ISSN: 0360-4918
What Makes Ms. Johnson Teach? A Study of Teacher Motivation
In: Human relations: towards the integration of the social sciences, Band 38, Heft 9, S. 841-856
ISSN: 1573-9716, 1741-282X
The need configurations underlying the motivations of public school teachers are examined here with regard to teacher perceptions of pay equity relative to other factors such as work autonomy, intrinsic work elements, and satisfaction of so-called higher-order needs. A Q sort forced distributions research instrument containing 37 attitudinal statements was administered to a group of 167 teachers of a medium-sized city in Oklahoma. The survey netted 135 usable questionnaires (76%). The data were R factor analyzed producing six clear factors, which dealt with: social variables and collegial support; positive supervisor relations; gratification from intrinsic work elements and dissatisfaction with extrinsic elements such as pay and benefits; interesting work and appropriate responsibility levels; opportunities for learning and development combined with negative attitudes about day-to-day duties; and job security, clear expectations, and excessive workloads. The study concluded that teacher motivation is based in the freedom to try new ideas, achievement of appropriate responsibility levels, and intrinsic work elements. The latter were of transcendent importance to our respondents. Based upon our findings, schemes such as merit pay were predicted to be counterproductive in service organizations which employ professionally trained people.
A Factor-Analysis Approach to Job Satisfaction
In: Public personnel management, Band 4, Heft 3, S. 165-172
ISSN: 1945-7421
Civil-Military Relations in a Civilianized State: Panama
In: Journal of political & military sociology, Band 33, Heft 1, S. 81-96
ISSN: 0047-2697
Thresholds for tolerance: the impact of racial and ethnic population composition on the vote for california propositions 187 and 209
In: Social science journal: official journal of the Western Social Science Association, Band 41, Heft 3, S. 433-446
ISSN: 0362-3319
The Cha´vez phenomenon: Political change in Venezuela
In: Third world quarterly, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 63-76
ISSN: 1360-2241
The Chávez phenomenon: Political change in Venezuela
In: Third world quarterly, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 63-76
ISSN: 0143-6597
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An empirical investigation of the impacts of career plateacing
In: International journal of public administration, Band 8, Heft 3, S. 227-241
ISSN: 1532-4265
A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of Tuition Reimbursement in Municipal Government
In: Review of public personnel administration, Band 1, Heft 2, S. 13-21
ISSN: 1552-759X
An evaluation of the tuition reimbursement program for a mid-sized mid-Atlantic city was undertaken using both surveys and quasi-experimental techniques. Contrary to recent criticisms of tuition reimbursement programs, the survey findings indicate generally perceived benefits of the program among participants, supervisors and non-participant co-workers. The quasi-experi mental phase of the research determined a 56% higher promotion rate among participants than among non-participants; moreover, program participants were much more likely to remain in city employment than were non-participants.
Political Value Judgments of Children: An Application of Moral Development Theory
In: Polity, Band 13, Heft 3, S. 383-409
ISSN: 1744-1684
Non-Work Factors and Job Satisfaction Revisited
In: Human relations: towards the integration of the social sciences, Band 43, Heft 1, S. 77-86
ISSN: 1573-9716, 1741-282X
The responses of 1473 subjects were utilized to examine the relationship between job satisfaction and extra-work satisfaction to test Wilensky's three hypothesized relationships. The current study regressed job satisfaction against the social trust of respondents, their sense of social equity, institutional confidence, and their satisfaction with government's handling of nationalproblems. These social attitudinal indices were added to factors utilized in previous research such as objective job factors, demographic variables, general life satisfaction, and their levels of social involvement. The results produced two previously unreported extra-work attitudinal contributors to job satisfaction: social trust and institutional confidence. The findings supported Wilensky's spillover theory but produced no evidence in support of Wilensky's segmentation or compensation alternatives.
Linking Program Planning, Evaluation, and Management: Will It Ever Happen?
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 46, Heft 2, S. 179
ISSN: 1540-6210