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Koch, James L.; Steers, Richard M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1978
This study compares the relative predictive powers of job attachment and job satisfaction with respect to turnover among a sample of public employees and examines individual and job-related influences on both attitudes. Attachment was a more effective predictor of turnover than satisfaction. Implications are drawn for research in vocational…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Job Satisfaction, Labor Turnover, Research Projects
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Randall, Donna M.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1990
Explored within empirical study context complexity of organizational commitment construct and respondent-generated behavioral manifestations of job attitude among plant workers (N=156). Found each commitment dimension related differently to work outcomes and that none of the dimensions was able to predict absenteeism or tardiness. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Employee Absenteeism, Employee Attitudes, Job Performance
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Kremer, Yael; Harpaz, Itzhak – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982
Compared leisure behavior patterns after retirement with those of preretirement. Examined data within the context of the spillover and compensatory hypotheses, with retirement representing a nonwork sphere. Findings revealed a spillover effect, characterized by a high degree of passive, solitary leisure behavior both before and after retirement.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Individual Activities
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Krau, Edgar – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1981
Tested the action of the dissonance model on immigrants who were obliged to prepare for a new occupation. Four coping strategies were found combining high vs. low level of self-image and vocational involvement with positive vs. negative attitudes toward work and authority figures at work. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Career Change, Coping, Culture Conflict
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Gellatly, Ian R.; Meyer, John P.; Luchak, Andrew A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
The purpose of this study was to test theoretical propositions advanced by Meyer and Herscovitch (2001) concerning the interactive effects of affective, normative, and continuance commitment on focal (staying intentions) and discretionary (citizenship) behavior. Study measures were gathered from a sample of 545 hospital employees. Several a priori…
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Citizenship, Behavior Patterns, Context Effect
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Parasuraman, Saroj – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982
Assessed the relative influence of personal, attitudinal, and behavioral variables on behavioral intentions and voluntary turnover among nonsupervisory plant workers. Results show that personal variables have little direct effect on turnover; rather, their influence on turnover is channeled through their effects on behavioral intentions. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Employee Attitudes, Individual Characteristics, Job Satisfaction
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Cummings, Thomas G.; Manring, Susan L. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
This study examines the relationship between five dimensions of alienation from work--powerlessness, normlessness, meaninglessness, self-evaluative involvement, and instrumental work orientation--and the work-related behavior of effort, performance, absenteeism, and tardiness. The results show that the five dimensions of alienation are empirically…
Descriptors: Alienation, Behavior Patterns, Employee Attitudes, Employment Problems
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Jamal, Muhammad; Jamal, Saleha M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982
Investigated the relationship between shift time and use of leisure time, nonwork satisfaction, and mental and physical health among rank-and-file workers and nurses. Found employees working on fixed shift had higher job performance, motivation, and patients' care skill, and probably enjoyed better physical and emotional health. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Employees