ARE THERE METHODOLOGICAL AND SUBSTANTIVE ROLES FOR AFFECTIVITY IN JOBDIAGNOSTIC SURVEY RELATIONSHIPS

Citation
Dc. Munz et al., ARE THERE METHODOLOGICAL AND SUBSTANTIVE ROLES FOR AFFECTIVITY IN JOBDIAGNOSTIC SURVEY RELATIONSHIPS, Journal of applied psychology, 81(6), 1996, pp. 795-805
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Applied
ISSN journal
00219010
Volume
81
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Pages
795 - 805
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9010(1996)81:6<795:ATMASR>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
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.