Direct observations of the jobs of 370 workers were used to explain perceptions of monotony and feelings of boredom associated with work. Of the several observational measures of task characteristics that were constructed, the most efficient predictor of monotony and boredom was the number of times during a fixed period that the most…

Data obtained from a national, cross-sectional survey of the American work force were used to examine the relationship between age and an interview measure of psychological involvement with work (i.e., paid employment). For men, this relationship was curvilinear. Commitment began at a low level among the 16-20 year old men, rose to its highest…

Data from a 1977 survey designed to measure the quality of employment in America are compared with data from surveys in 1969 and 1973, providing trends over an eight-year period. The 1977 survey shows declines both in job satisfaction and in workers' desires to stay in their present employments. (MF)

The sourcebook of tables presents basic descriptive statistics on all questions asked in the 1972-73 Quality of Employment Survey. Based on the Survey of Working Conditions 1969-70, this second survey obtained data from the same population and repeated the same core measures, with some adjustment. Data for the survey were obtained through personal…