JOB-SATISFACTION AMONG NEWSWORKERS - THE INFLUENCE OF PROFESSIONALISM, PERCEPTIONS OF ORGANIZATIONAL-STRUCTURE, AND SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES

Organizations stress routinized activities that contribute to profitab ility. Professionalism stresses ethical performance that contributes t o social responsibility. When the organization prevails, autonomy, aut hority, and control, the hallmarks of professionalism, weaken. This le nds to a decrease in tile intrinsic meaning of work and, ultimately, l ess job satisfaction. Using a stratified random national sample, these assumptions were explored among Canadian newsworkers. More profession alism, a less formal and smaller organization, media sector, and sever al social attributes lead to more job satisfaction, Newspaper workers were most satisfied due to a combination of intrinsic factors, such as autonomy, authority, and control of work, and extrinsic factors, such as job security and income.