If major motives are satisfied in the context of work and career, then satisfaction with occupation should be a function of the discrepancy between personal needs and perceived potential of occupation for satisfying needs, particularly among those for whom occupation constitutes a major source of satisfaction (e.g., men rather than women), and in the instance of occupationally relevant needs, such as need achievement. The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, a special rating scale, and a questionnaire were administered to 108 men and 9S women teachers. As predicted, discrepancy scores correlated .25 (p < .01) with occupational satisfaction for men, and 02 (ns) for women. Achievement need discrepancies were consistently related to occupational satisfaction. Other findings confirmed that occupation is psychologically more central for men.

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The present investigation is cross-sectional rather than longitudinal in plan, but this is not necessarily a deficiency. It is conceivable, for example, that temporary 'fads' may affect findings in longitudinal studies more readily than in cross-sectional studies where age samples are taken at the same point is time.fThe "Guess Who" approach is original with neither of these writers, but dates back to the Character Education Inquiry (*, pp. 87-91). Other investigators who have used this device include Symonds and Jackson 11 and Rogers. 1

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