Value importance as a moderator of the value fulfillment–job satisfaction relationship: Group differences.

Short forms of the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and the Work Values Inventory were used to measure intrinsic and extrinsic facets of job satisfaction and dimensions of value fulfillment and importance in 264 Ss in 3 groups: state employees, bank employees, and US Navy cadets. Moderated regression techniques did not support a fulfillment–importance interaction effect in 1 organization, found inconsistent effects in another, and obtained strong, consistent effects in the third. Differences among the organizations are discussed, and it is proposed that control over value fulfillment and anticipated impact of fulfillment on future outcomes might be joint moderators, along with value importance, of the fulfillment–satisfaction relationship. (38 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)