Economic Factors in the Morale of College-Trained Adults

Abstract

The morale of 951 college-trained adults was measured on the Rundquist-Sletto morale scale. Fifty factors operating in the economic life of the high-and low-morale persons were tested for their possible association with morale. Clusters of factors reveal that morale is associated with financial security, the social approval which the holder feels he has acquired from his job, the opportunity he feels he has for advancement, and the returns he feels he is getting for his labor.