Job characteristics and job attitudes: A multivariate study.

Obtained attitude data from 556 employees in a western telephone company. Respondents held 1 of 16 "craft" jobs in the department selected for study. Multiple discriminant function analysis was performed using 16 groups formed on the basis of Ss' job titles. Variables used in this primary analysis included job satisfaction, organizational commitment, motivational force, and sources of organizational attachment. Discriminatory power for the 16 group solution was .53. A secondary analysis was performed in which discriminant function means were related to means of jobs on several job characteristics variables. Viewed jointly these 2 analyses suggest that the relatively high discriminatory power achieved in the primary analysis may have been a function of job scope-job attitude relationship demonstrated in the secondary analysis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)