CONGRUENCE REVISITED - DO 11 INDEXES DIFFERENTIALLY PREDICT JOB-SATISFACTION AND IS THE RELATION MODERATED BY PERSON AND SITUATION VARIABLES

We examined the relations of scores from 11 confluence indices to each other and to scores from 2 measures of job satisfaction for a large ( N = 483) and representative (172 occupations) sample of employed adult s. None of the 22, correlations between the congruence indices and the job satisfaction measures was significant. Correlations between the I I indices indicated a high degree of redundancy (median r=.73). The co ngruence-satisfaction relation varied as a function of Holland persona lity type, with the greatest relation found for Investigative persons (mean r=.21 between 11 congruence indices and 2 satisfaction measures) ; it was not affected substantially as a function of Holland Occupatio nal Code. Sex, aga, income, and years of education were unrelated to c ongruence. The results of this study are discussed in terms of previou s research, implications for Holland's theory, and future research pos sibilities. (C) 1998 Academic Press.