INTELLIGENCE AND JOB-SATISFACTION

Previous research has emphasized either situational or dispositional/m otivational variables as determinants of job satisfaction. The current study suggests that cognitive variables, and intelligence in particul ar, may also be important determinants, The relationship between intel ligence and job satisfaction was analyzed on the basis of a model in w hich intelligence has a direct negative effect on job satisfaction, an indirect positive effect, mediated by job complexity, and an interact ive effect with job complexity. The roles of background variables, in particular education, and the implications of the findings for theorie s of job satisfaction were also examined.