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Digital Document
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Florida Atlantic University
Description
The effects of possessing a specified level of field
dependence on job satisfaction and job performance were
examined in two occupational groups. The purposes of the
study were (a) to investigate the possibility of an "ideal"
level of field dependence for successful occupational
performance, (b) to determine whether job satisfaction
and/or performance was higher for workers whose field
dependence matched a presumed "ideal", and (c) to pave
the way for application of field dependence research
findings in occupational areas such as job design, screening
and placement, design of training programs and staff
development. Analysis using the Kolomogorov-Smirnov Test showed no
significant differences (p .05) in the satisfaction and performance levels between workers who possessed and
workers who did not possess the "ideal." Therefore, the
research hypothesis was not supported.
Interpretation of findings was confounded by (a)
possible inadequacy of the method of estimating the "ideal"
level of field dependence for successful performance in an occupation, (b) low validity of The Group Embedded Figures
Test, and (c) the questionable validity of a single job
satisfaction question.
dependence on job satisfaction and job performance were
examined in two occupational groups. The purposes of the
study were (a) to investigate the possibility of an "ideal"
level of field dependence for successful occupational
performance, (b) to determine whether job satisfaction
and/or performance was higher for workers whose field
dependence matched a presumed "ideal", and (c) to pave
the way for application of field dependence research
findings in occupational areas such as job design, screening
and placement, design of training programs and staff
development. Analysis using the Kolomogorov-Smirnov Test showed no
significant differences (p .05) in the satisfaction and performance levels between workers who possessed and
workers who did not possess the "ideal." Therefore, the
research hypothesis was not supported.
Interpretation of findings was confounded by (a)
possible inadequacy of the method of estimating the "ideal"
level of field dependence for successful performance in an occupation, (b) low validity of The Group Embedded Figures
Test, and (c) the questionable validity of a single job
satisfaction question.
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