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Psychology 2060 Lecture : Psychology 2060 psych chapter 8 notes.doc

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Western University
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Psychology
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Psychology 2060
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Hayden Woodley

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Job attitude: stable view or opinion of a specific person, group, organization, job or situation. Job affect: refers to ones feelings about work. 2 main reasons: research has shown that our attitudes strongly influence our behaviors, these attitudes are important for their own sake. Warr (1987) argued that it is important to study job satisfaction not only because it may influence turnover and absences, but because having happy workers is important in and of itself. Job satisfaction: the extent to which people enjoy their job; may include all aspects surrounding their work (e. g. pat, supervisor, coworkers) One of the most studied constructs in work domain. Kemery, bedeian & rawson zacur (1996) noted job affect is only the feeling component of job satisfaction. 3 aspects of job satisfaction: cognition. Involves thoughts and beliefs about your job. E. g. i have a good job : affect. E. g. i like my job : behaviors.

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18. Dr. Barnes is an organizational psychologist who has just completed a profile of the employees of Alcan. He reports that there is a positive correlation (r = +0.60) between salary and job satisfaction while there is a negative correlation (r = -0.75) between number of hours worked in a week and job satisfaction. Comparing the correlation coefficients, we can conclude that A) high salaries cause greater job satisfaction than less work hours B) less work hours cause greater job satisfaction than high salaries C) there is a stronger association between salary and job satisfaction D) there is a stronger association between number of hours worked and job satisfaction E) no conclusions can be made

18. Dr. Barnes is an organizational psychologist who has just completed a profile of the employees of Alcan. He reports that there is a positive correlation (r = +0.60) between salary and job satisfaction while there is a negative correlation (r= -0.75) between number of hours worked in a week and job satisfaction. Comparing the correlation coefficients, we can conclude that A) high salaries cause greater job satisfaction than less work hours B) less work hours cause greater job satisfaction than high salaries C) there is a stronger association between salary and job satisfaction D) there is a stronger association between number of hours worked and job satisfaction E) no conclusions can be made