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Goal-Setting Attributes, Personality Variables, and Job Satisfaction

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Arvey, Richard D.; Dewhirst, H. Dudley – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976

The relationships between four goal-setting attributes identified by factor analytic procedures and job satisfaction were investigated among 271 scientists and engineers at a nuclear research and development center. Positive relationships between the goal-setting attributes and satisfaction were found. (Author)

Descriptors: Achievement Need, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Comparative Analysis