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Title: | An individual's correspondence preference as related to work-related complaints, neuroticism, and job satisfaction |
Author(s): | Gorini, Helen Mary |
Doctoral Committee Chair(s): | Terwilliger, Edith R. |
Department / Program: | Education |
Discipline: | Education |
Degree Granting Institution: | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Degree: | Ph.D. |
Genre: | Dissertation |
Subject(s): | Psychology, Industrial
Psychology, Personality |
Abstract: | The purposes of the study were (a) to establish some discriminate validity for the Internal-External Correspondence Scale by comparing participants' responses on a measure of extraversion and a measure of locus of control to participants' responses on the Internal-External Correspondence Scale, and (b) to see if an individual's relative correspondence preference was related to an individual's endorsement of external work-related complaints. Individual were asked to complete six paper and pencil measures at one time. Participants in this study were 59 individuals enrolled in graduate classes at a private teachers' college in South Carolina. Questionnaires were distributed to 140 individuals and 59 of these individuals returned questionnaires for a response rate of 42%. The participants were 90% female and 54% were teachers. Data analysis included Pearson correlations and descriptive statistics. Results suggested that correspondence preference is a personality construct which is independent of extraversion and locus of control and that correspondence preference may function as a moderator variable. Individuals with a preference for external correspondence had a characteristic pattern of significant correlations which was theoretically consistent as did individuals with a preference for internal correspondence. Significant differences between the correlation coefficients for the two groups were not demonstrated perhaps because of the small sample size. Discussion pointed out that the Internal-External Correspondence Scale needs further study. Behavioral correlates for several of the measures need to be established. |
Issue Date: | 1991 |
Type: | Text |
Language: | English |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2142/23468 |
Rights Information: | Copyright 1991 Gorini, Helen Mary |
Date Available in IDEALS: | 2011-05-07 |
Identifier in Online Catalog: | AAI9124419 |
OCLC Identifier: | (UMI)AAI9124419 |
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Graduate Theses and Dissertations at Illinois