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Publication Date: 1972-Apr
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Occupational Reinforcer Patterns (Second Volume). Minnesota Studies in Vocational Rehabilitation: XXIX.
Rosen, Stuart D.; And Others
The Minnesota Studies in Vocational Rehabilitation report continuing research on the general problem of adjustment to work. Work adjustment is predicted by matching an individual's work personality with work environments, and satisfaction by how well abilities and needs correspond to reinforcers in the work environment. This volume presents Occupational Reinforcer Patterns (ORPs) for 67 occupations, derived from Minnesota Job Description Questionnaires completed by 2,059 job supervisors and workers in several hundred firms. These raters were asked to rank the reinforcer characteristics of the jobs they worked at or supervised. Each ORP includes descriptive statements, cross-references to ORPs with similar profiles, and information on the similarities and differences among all 148 existing ORPs. Graphic and tabular data are given by occupations and also by reinforcer dimensions, and recommendations are made for the vocational rehabilitation counseling use of the ORP profiles. The first ORP volume is announced as ED 025 817. (MF)
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Job Satisfaction, Occupational Clusters, Occupational Information, Personality Assessment, Profiles, Rating Scales, Reinforcement, Vocational Adjustment, Vocational Rehabilitation, Work Environment
Vocational Psychology Research, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. 55455 ($2.50)
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Sponsor: Social and Rehabilitation Service (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Industrial Relations Center.
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