Self‐concept and Interests Related to Job Satisfaction of Managers

Effects of role loss on work-related attitudes.

“…Although this study was limited to one professional group, other studies also support the importance of fit in contributing to job satisfaction (Brophy, 1959; Caplan, Cobb, French, Van Harrison, & Pinneau, 1975; Dore & Meacham, 1973, French, Rodgers, & Cobb, 1974). The issue of whether the consequences of poor fit are equally powerful in all occupational groups, however, needs to be addressed.…”

A longitudinal test of the influence of congruence: Job satisfaction, competency utilization, and counterproductive behavior.

“…Studies by Sarbin and Anderson (1942); Kates (1950); Gadel and Kreidt (1952); Lipsett and Wilson (1954); Weiss, Dawis, England, and Lofquist (1965); Schletzer (1969); Perry and Cannon (1967); Werner (1969); Morrow (1971); Dore and Meacham (1973); Prichard and Peters (1973); Echternacht, Reilly, and McCaffrey (1974); Mount and Muchinsky (1978b); Peiser and Meir (1978); Aranya, Barak, and Amernic (1981); Melamed and Meir (1981); Swaney and Prediger (1985); Smart, Elton, and McLaughlin (1986); Elton and Smart (1988); and Heesacker, Elliott, and Howe (1988), among others, provide only moderate, ambiguous, or contradictory support for the congruence hypothesis. Much of this literature has been summarized by Spokane (1985) and by Assouline and Meir (1987).…”

Job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and self-concept of home economics college faculty

“…A study by London and Klimoski (1973) tested Korman's theory by examining the effects of self-esteem and job challenges as moderators of attitudes toward work and effectiveness on the job. The relationships between job satisfaction, self-concept, and interests of managers in a medium-sized insurance company were studied by Dore (1970). Thompson (1971) investigated the interrelationships of favorable self-perception, perceived supervisory style, and job satisfac tion of state department of instruction personnel; and Wurtz (1973) studied the effectiveness of self-concept and selected independent vari ables in predicting the job satisfaction of teachers.…”

“…The variables, self-concept and vocational interests, were investi gated to see if they could be used to predict job satisfaction of a group of managers (Dore, 1970). Four hypotheses were tested: 36 1) The greater the agreement between a self measure and a required self measure, the greater will be the job satisfaction.…”