This article examines the relationship between idiosyncratic deals and organizational commitment. In particular, it examines how two individual differences which reflect self-worth (core self-evaluations and age) moderate that relationship. We predicted that employees with feelings of high self-worth will expect and will feel entitled to these…

The Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and the Self-Directed Search (SDS) were administered to 110 Black and White non-college-degreed workers in three occupations (laboratory technicians, sales clerks, and clerk-typists) corresponding to three of Holland's environmental categories (Investigative, Enterprising, and Conventional). Findings for…

Investigated personality correlates of occupational status using Holland's (1973) typology. Data from 175 employed adult males showed no single personality factor was associated with status across occupational types. In general, the relationship between personality factors and occupational types provided additional confirmation of Holland's theory…

Presents an occupational classification system derived empirically and based on nine of many dimensions of professionalism. Results indicated the taxonomy represented expectations only to a moderate degree. A reasonable proportion of occupations had attributes closer to occupations in other clusters than to occupations in their own cluster.…

The present study examines exchange and creditor ideologies (two dispositional characteristics that are strongly related to exchange relationships) and their moderating effects on the psychological contract. Five hundred public-sector employees were studied over a 3-year period. Respondents' were surveyed as to their perceptions of what they…