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General job satisfaction from a developmental perspective: exploring choice--job matches at two career stages.
From:
Career Development Quarterly
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December 1, 2003| Author:
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The authors explored predictions of general job satisfaction at early and middle adulthood and uncovered several findings about developmental processes associated with job satisfaction. Tests of life-span career theory propositions revealed that neither choice--job congruence nor gender added significantly to predictions of job satisfaction at 2 career stages. Earlier occupational choice and current job added to predictions of midcareer (modal age 43 years) job satisfaction, especially for men. The predictability of job satisfaction is apparently influenced by the career stage ...
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TABLE 2
Hierarchical Regression Analyses Predicting Age 25 Job Satisfaction for
Total Sample and Female and Male Participants
Predictor B t p
Total sample (n = 137)
Block 1: Gender 0.978 1.000 .319
Block 2: 12th-grade
occupational choice (OC) 0.635 0.858 .393
Block 3: Age 25 job tenure -0.279 -1.881 .062
Block 4: Age 25 current job (CJ) 0.017 0.032 .975
Block 5: Age 25 congruence -0.066 -0.303 .762
Block 6:
Age 25 Congruence x 12th-
Grade OC -0.031 -0.439 .661
Age 25 Congruence x Age
25 CJ 0.035 0.496 .620
Age 25 Congruence x 12th-
Grade OC x Age 25 CJ -0.002 -0.202 .840
Women (n = 92)
Block 1: 12th-grade
occupational choice (OC) 2.115 1.688 .095
Block 2: Age 25 job tenure -0.371 -1.960 .053
Block 3: Current job (CJ) -0.245 -0.351 .726
Block 4: Age 25 congruence 0.477 1.073 .287
Block 5:
Age 25 Congruence x 12th-
Grade OC -0.172 -1.442 .153
Age 25 Congruence x Age
25 CJ 0.025 0.229 .819
Age 25 Congruence x 12th-
Grade OC x Age 25 CJ 0.005 0.355 .723
Men (n = 45)
Block 1: 12th-grade
occupational choice (OC) 0.182 0.151 .880
Block 2: Age 25 job tenure -0.045 -0.172 .864
Block 3: Age 25 current job
(CJ) 0.459 0.410 .684
Block 4: Age 25 congruence -0.099 -0.289 .774
Block 5:
Age 25 Congruence x 12th-
Grade OC -0.080 -0.569 .573
Age 25 Congruence x Age
25 CJ 0.004 0.037 .971
Age 25 Congruence x 12th-
Grade OC x Age 25 CJ 0.018 0.709 .483
Predictor [DELTA][R.sup.2] p([DELTA][R.sup.2]
Total sample (n = 137)
Block 1: Gender .003 .518
Block 2: 12th-grade
occupational choice (OC) .014 .165
Block 3: Age 25 job tenure .030 .044
Block 4: Age 25 current job (CJ) .005 .423
Block 5: Age 25 congruence .012 .206
Block 6: .003 .945
Age 25 Congruence x 12th-
Grade OC
Age 25 Congruence x Age
25 CJ
Age 25 Congruence x 12th-
Grade OC x Age 25 CJ
Women (n = 92)
Block 1: 12th-grade
occupational choice (OC) .010 .350
Block 2: Age 25 job tenure .039 .058
Block 3: Current job (CJ) .000 .985
Block 4: Age 25 congruence .002 .633
Block 5: .023 .551
Age 25 Congruence x 12th-
Grade OC
Age 25 Congruence x Age
25 CJ
Age 25 Congruence x 12th-
Grade OC x Age 25 CJ
Men (n = 45)
Block 1: 12th-grade
occupational choice (OC) .027 .279
Block 2: Age 25 job tenure .013 .453
Block 3: Age 25 current job
(CJ) .094 .041
Block 4: Age 25 congruence .017 .381
Block 5: .014 .888
Age 25 Congruence x 12th-
Grade OC
Age 25 Congruence x Age
25 CJ
Age 25 Congruence x 12th-
Grade OC x Age 25 CJ
TABLE 3
Hierarchical Regression Analyses Predicting Age 43 Job Satisfaction for
Total Sample and Female and Male Participants
Predictor B t p
Total sample (n = 154)
Block 1: Gender 0.617 1.046 .298
Block 2: Age 25 congruence -0.048 -0.786 .433
Block 3: Age 25
occupational choice (OC) 0.246 0.397 .692
Block 4: Age 43 job tenure -0.019 -0.602 .548
Block 5: Age 43 current job (CJ) 0.904 1.861 .065
Block 6: Age 43 congruence
(Age 25 OC + Age 43 CJ) 0.100 0.629 .531
Block 7:
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 25 OC 0.022 0.338 .736
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 43 CJ -0.032 -0.647 .519
Age 43 Congruence x Age 25
OC x Age 43 CJ -0.004 0.624 .534
Women (n = 96)
Block 1: Age 25 congruence -0.040 -0.446 .657
Block 2: Age 25 OC 0.649 0.746 .457
Block 3: Age 43 job tenure 0.004 0.099 .921
Block 4: Age 43 CJ 1.276 2.010 .048
Block 5: Age 43 congruence
(Age 25 OC + Age 43 CJ) 0.340 1.438 .154
Block 6:
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 25 OC -0.004 -0.468 .641
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 43 CJ -0.068 -1.069 .288
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 25 OC x Age 43 CJ 0.005 -0.060 .952
Men (n = 58)
Block 1: Age 25 congruence -0.015 -0.169 .867
Block 2: Age 25 OC 0.740 0.673 .504
Block 3: Age 43 job tenure -0.032 -0.670 .506
Block 4: Age 43 CJ 0.154 0.183 .855
Block 5: Age 43 congruence
(Age 25 OC + Age 43 CJ) 0.022 0.088 .930
Block 6:
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 25 OC -0.148 -0.955 .344
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 43 CJ 0.035 0.406 .687
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 25 OC x Age 43 CJ 0.018 0.872 .387
Predictor [DELTA][R.sup.2] p([DELTA][R.sup.2])
Total sample (n = 154)
Block 1: Gender .005 .387
Block 2: Age 25 congruence .002 .555
Block 3: Age 25
occupational choice (OC) .049 .006
Block 4: Age 43 job tenure .009 .234
Block 5: Age 43 current job (CJ) .048 .005
Block 6: Age 43 congruence
(Age 25 OC + Age 43 CJ) .000 .978
Block 7: .008 .708
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 25 OC
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 43 CJ
Age 43 Congruence x Age 25
OC x Age 43 CJ
Women (n = 96)
Block 1: Age 25 congruence .000 .914
Block 2: Age 25 OC .023 .138
Block 3: Age 43 job tenure .002 .645
Block 4: Age 43 CJ .032 .082
Block 5: Age 43 congruence
(Age 25 OC + Age 43 CJ) .002 .636
Block 6: .034 .363
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 25 OC
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 43 CJ
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 25 OC x Age 43 CJ
Men (n = 58)
Block 1: Age 25 congruence .027 .219
Block 2: Age 25 OC .098 .016
Block 3: Age 43 job tenure .033 .152
Block 4: Age 43 CJ .103 .009
Block 5: Age 43 congruence
(Age 25 OC + Age 43 CJ) .003 .665
Block 6: .016 .785
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 25 OC
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 43 CJ
Age 43 Congruence x
Age 25 OC x Age 43 CJ
TABLE 4
Analyses of Variance for the First-Letter Holland Codes of Age 25
Occupational Choice (OC) Code and Age 43 Current Job on Age 43 Job
Satisfaction (Total Sample and Male Participants)
Source df SS MS F
Total sample
Age 25 OC (a) 3 101.88 33.96 3.79 *
Error 155 1,387.79 8.95
Men
Age 25 OC (b) 2 57.78 28.89 4.23 *
Error 57 389.07 6.83
Total sample
Age 43 current
job code (a) 3 202.74 67.58 7.94 **
Error 151 1,284.90 8.51
Men
Age 43 current
job code (c) 3 111.75 37.25 6.23 **
Error 56 335.10 5.98
Scheffe Post Hoc
Source Comparisons
Total sample
Age 25 OC (a) S(21, 48)>
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