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Ryman, David H.; Biersner, Robert J. – Personnel Psychology, 1975
This article measured attitudes about training motivation, leadership, and course expectations. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Prediction, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology, Tables (Data)

Ford, J. Kevin – Personnel Psychology, 1986
Analyzed choices made by researchers concerning factor model, retention criteria, rotation, interpretation of factors and other issues relevant to factor analysis. Results indicate that choices made by researchers have generally been poor and that reporting practices have not allowed for informed review, cumulation of results, or replicability.…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Factor Analysis, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology

Schriesheim, Chester A.; Stogdill, Ralph M. – Personnel Psychology, 1975
This study was undertaken to compare factorial similarity across three scale versions within the same sample focusing on leadership phenomena. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Leadership, Measurement Instruments, Psychological Studies

Williams, Lawrence K.; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1975
This article is concerned with some of the universal but seldom- articulated problems and considerations related to the art of data collection through use of questionnaires. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Data Collection, Employee Attitudes, Program Administration

Bunker, Kerry A.; Cohen, Stephen L. – Personnel Psychology, 1977
The objectives of this research are to report an application of a complex evaluation design, the classic Solomon 4-group, to an organizational training program and to demonstrate the necessity and feasibility of conducting research of this type. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Illustrations, Industrial Personnel, Industrial Training

Weaver, Charles N. – Personnel Psychology, 1977
Attempts to provide evidence as to whether the oft-reported positive association between occupation and job satisfaction is independent of the effects of other variables, and to examine the effects of occupational prestige on the net occupation-job satisfaction relationship. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Industrial Personnel, Job Satisfaction, Predictor Variables, Psychological Studies

Carvey, Davis W.; Nibler, Roger G. – Personnel Psychology, 1977
The biorhythm theory of accident explanation that has been increasingly popularized in the business press was empirically examined. Municipal employees involved in work-related vehicular accidents and in on-the-job accidents provided the data. Each accident was analyzed to determine whether or not the accident occurred on a biorhythmically…
Descriptors: Accidents, Correlation, Diagrams, Evaluation Criteria

Hakel, Milton D. – Personnel Psychology, 1976
Comments on different modeling techniques discussed in a symposium on changing supervisory behavior. (RK)
Descriptors: Conferences, Evaluative Thinking, Learning Activities, Psychological Studies

Arvey, Richard D.; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1975
This research investigated whether or not "time lags" are related to the dropout rates of job applicants. The effect of duration of these time lags, periods between initial job application and psychological testing, on differential dropout rates of minority and majority candidates was also examined. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Job Applicants, Minority Groups, Psychological Studies

Di Marco, Nicholas; And Others – Personnel Psychology, 1975
The purpose of this study was to examine whether an individual's leadership style and interpersonal need orientation moderated changes between his self-reported pre-and post-training leadership dimension scores. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Leadership Styles, Measurement Instruments, Psychological Studies

Grimsley, Glen; Jarrett, Hilton F. – Personnel Psychology, 1975
This is the second in a series of studies designed to test the effectiveness of a particular methodological approach which can be used in analyzing data gathered in the process of assessing managerial applicants in the employment situation. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Job Applicants, Managerial Occupations, Psychological Studies

Farr, James L.; York, C. Michael – Personnel Psychology, 1975
The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of amount of information and number of judgments required of subjects upon information order effects in recruitment interview decisions. (Author)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Making, Information Processing, Job Applicants

Miner, John B. – Personnel Psychology, 1974
Article considered the preference students have for companies and the criteria each has for accepting employment on the one hand and for employing students on the other hand. (RK)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, College Students, Management Development, Psychological Studies

Pinder, Craig C.; Pinto, Patrick R. – Personnel Psychology, 1974
The present research is an attempt to isolate and study certain personnel behavior and their relationship with demographic variables, by combining the logic of subgrouping analysis with the managerial styles manifested in an inbasket exercise. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Demography, Managerial Occupations, Measurement Instruments, Psychological Studies

DiMarco, Nicholas; Norton, Steven – Personnel Psychology, 1974
The present study is concerned with predicting job satisfaction from the congruity between the employee's life style and his perception of the organizational structure. (Author)
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Life Style, Measurement Instruments, Organization