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ERIC Number: EJ604769
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-3989
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Social Information Processing and Job Characteristics: A Simultaneous Test of Two Theories with Implications for Job Satisfaction.
Pollock, Timothy G.; Whitbred, Robert C.; Contractor, Noshir
Human Communication Research, v26 n2 p292-330 Apr 2000
Tests two theories regarding the factors that influence job satisfaction in an organizational setting: the job characteristic theory, and the social information processing theory. Finds individuals' job satisfaction is predicted by objective characteristics of the job, and an individual's level of job satisfaction is influenced by the job satisfaction of others with whom the individual interacts. (NH)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Employee Attitudes, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction, Occupational Information, Organizational Climate, Predictor Variables, Social Influences, Work Attitudes, Work Environment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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