General job satisfaction from a developmental perspective: exploring choice--job matches at two career stages.

From: Career Development Quarterly | Date: December 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

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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