Date of Award

Summer 1993

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Program/Concentration

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Committee Director

Donald D. Davis

Committee Member

Terry L. Dickinson

Committee Member

Michelle L. Kelley

Abstract

The relationship between negative affectivity and work-related variables was examined. Participants in the study included 75 faculty administrators and 234 undergraduate students who currently held jobs. Negative affectivity was negatively related to overall job satisfaction. Mixed results were found for the relationship between negative affectivity and specific facets of job satisfaction. The hypothesis that negative affectivity would relate negatively to three evaluation measures was only partially supported in both the student and faculty samples. The hypotheses that negative affectivity would negatively relate to organizational commitment, to perceptions of organizational support, and to procedural justice were strongly confirmed. Regression results offer no support for the hypothesis that organizational commitment is predicted by negative affectivity. Implications and future research are discussed.

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DOI

10.25777/55fy-f077

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