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Latent variable models analogous to those developed by L. J. Williams,
M. B. Gavin, and M. L. Williams (1996) were used to investigate the m
easurement and nonmeasurement relationships of negative affectivity (N
A) and positive affectivity ( PA) with the Job Diagnostic Survey scale
s. Reanalyses performed on data collected as part of an organizational
assessment of nonfaculty university employees (N = 644) showed NA and
PA to have weak measurement and substantive relationships with the jo
b characteristics and affective outcomes scales. The relationships bet
ween job characteristics and job outcomes were not associated with NA.
However, PA showed a weak association with these relationships. Impli
cations for future research on affectivity's roles as substantive and
methodological variables in organizational assessment are discussed.