The Measurement of Job Satisfaction by Action Tendencies

Abstract

The authors propose that job satisfaction might be assessed through the measurement of "action tendencies" and report the development of an action tendency job satisfaction instrument. A series of five studies was conducted with workers in a wide range of occupations serving as respondents. The developmental studies indicate that the resulting instrument possesses acceptable reliability, a coherent factor structure, and significant convergent and discriminant validity when contrasted with a traditional measure of job satisfaction.