THE RELATION BETWEEN JOB LEVEL AND JOB-SATISFACTION

Two studies examined the relation between job level and job satisfacti on. Study I was a meta-analysis of the relation between job level and job satisfaction using data drawn from 35 independent samples (N = 18, 534). It was found that as job level increased, so did job satisfactio n. Several possible moderators of this relation were identified. Study 2 was a primary study of the relation between job level and job satis faction using 4 measures of job level and 5 facets of job satisfaction (N = 530 in 4 hospitals). There was a high degree of convergence amon g the measures of job level and a consistently positive relation betwe en the job level and job facet satisfaction measures. These studies su ggest that the relation between job level and job satisfaction is posi tive across most operationalizations of the 2 constructs and that othe r moderators should be investigated to account for the large residual variance in effect sizes identified.