Date of Award

Fall 1987

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Psychology

Committee Director

Barbara A. Winstead

Committee Member

Valerian Derlega

Committee Member

Sarah J. Beaton

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.P65M667

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to predict job satisfaction among female employees using social environment variables which relate to work friendships. The predictor variables used were target persons perceived job satisfaction level, breadth of workplace friendships, frequency of interaction, friendship quality, and the interaction of friendship and quality.

Thirty-seven female faculty members and 88 female staff employees at Old Dominion University served as subjects. The subjects were asked to complete the Communal scale {Clark, 1986), selected sections of the Acquaintance Description Form (Wright, 1969, 1974), and the work-in-general scale from the Job Descriptive Index on a co-worker considered to be their best friend at work. The subjects were also asked to complete the individual scales of the Job Descriptive Index as indices of their own job satisfaction.

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DOI

10.25777/tvs1-bc58

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