Beyond Satisfaction: Journalists Doubt Career Intentions as Organizational Support Diminishes and Job Satisfaction Declines

Reinardy, Scott

doi:10.1080/15456870902873192

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“…Because there were 539 "dead" e-mail addresses, the sample of 9,629 journalists was reduced to 9,090. With 2,159 journalists completing the survey, this study had a response rate of about 24%, which is comparable to other online surveys (Reinardy, 2009; Asch, as cited in Schonlau, Fricker & Elliot, 2002). Mean substitution replaced missing values in the dataset, but no more than 5% of any variable was replaced.…”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 66%

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Downsizing Effects on Personnel: The Case of Layoff Survivors in U.S. Newspapers

Reinardy

2010

Journal of Media Business Studies

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Lewin's (1947) organizational development theory says that after an organization reorganizes and downsizes, it "refreezes" to prechange comfort levels. This study of 2,159 newspaper layoff survivors indicates they perceive that refreezing at this time would be problematic because it would result in a journalism of mediocrity, more focused on quantity rather than quality. In light of previous research, the reduction of newsroom staff also alters the product attributes. In this case it may perpetuate the downward spiral of lost circulation and advertising revenue. The results indicate that for those employees experiencing a decline in trust, morale, satisfaction and commitment, newspapers are creating production-line journalism that is seen as void of purpose and function.

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confidence: 66%

“…In this study, out of a possible 21, the mean score was 15.2. Other studies have reported higher scores among newspapers journalists (15.7) (Reinardy, 2009), sports editors (16.2) (Reinardy, 2007) and sportscasters (17.1) (Reinardy, 2009).…”

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Downsizing Effects on Personnel: The Case of Layoff Survivors in U.S. Newspapers

Reinardy

2010

Journal of Media Business Studies

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“…Both the Conservation of Resources model (COR) and JD-R emphasize on the necessity of social support that could have a positive effect in diminishing the probability of burnout (Halbesleben & Buckley, 2004), which is especially beneficial for journalists, whose work is considered to be very stressful (e.g. Reinardy, 2009Reinardy, , 2011Simpson & Boggs 1999;Himmelstein & Faithorn, 2002). Good performance feedback assures the employee that the company values them; it also leads to high motivation and job satisfaction (Maertz Jr & Griffeth, 2004;Hanisch & Hulin, 1990).…”

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“…conflict with some of the new demands; for example, speedy reporting puts accuracy in danger (O'sullivan & Heinonen, 2008). Abandoning conventional norms and values of journalism has led to journalists describing their profession being precarious (Örnebring, 2018) and overall feeling dissatisfied with work (Reinardy, 2009).…”

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Communication between editors and reporters: Feedback and coaching in Estonian dailies’ newsrooms

Ivask¹

2019

KOME

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The purpose of this study was to find out how much journalists receive and editors provide coaching and/or feedback and how. Empirical data were gathered by using a nonparticipant observation in a national daily newsroom and two participant observations in a national daily and in a local newspaper newsroom in Estoniaaltogether 2 months and three days. The results showed that communication between experienced journalists and editors lacked constructive feedback and coaching. The editors tended to direct the work of a less experienced journalist; experienced journalists could work alone and decide independently how to solve situations within the news production process. All in all, not providing constructive feedback or coaching could have negative influences on journalists, especially when the working conditions are changing.

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“…Findings suggest that journalists with a more active role perception are less likely to find their job satisfying (Akhavan-Majid, 1998). Surprisingly, a journalist's perception of discrepancy between his or her role and its fulfillment has been neglected so far, although intrinsic factors (Herzberg, Mausner, & Snyderman, 1959) seem to have a major impact on job satisfaction (Reinardy, 2009). Therefore, we regard the perception of discrepancies as crucial for explaining the link between role and (at least) subdimensions of job satisfaction.…”

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The Meaning of Leaning

Scherr

Baugut

2015

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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Based on the subset of a representative survey of journalists with an active role perception in Germany, this article shows that more liberal journalists within the subset have (a) a more active role conception than more conservative journalists, (b) they perceive stronger discrepancies between their active role and its fulfillment, and (c) they are, thus, less satisfied with audiences and editorial policy. The indirect effect of the political leaning of this subset of journalists on their satisfaction with audiences and editorial policy underlines the significance of intrinsic factors for subdimensions of job satisfaction in journalism.

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Beyond Satisfaction: Journalists Doubt Career Intentions as Organizational Support Diminishes and Job Satisfaction Declines

Cited by 44 publications

References 25 publications

Downsizing Effects on Personnel: The Case of Layoff Survivors in U.S. Newspapers

Downsizing Effects on Personnel: The Case of Layoff Survivors in U.S. Newspapers

Communication between editors and reporters: Feedback and coaching in Estonian dailies’ newsrooms

The Meaning of Leaning

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