AN EMPIRICAL EXAMINATION OF SEVERAL JOB ATTRACTION MEASURES

THE PURPOSES OF THE STUDY SUMMARIZED HERE WERE TO 1. FORMULATE NINE OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS OF JOB ATTRACTION, 2. EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP OF SEVEN OF THESE MEASURES WITH A MEASURE OF OVERALL JOB ATTRACTION AND TWO TRADITIONAL MEASURES OF OVERALL JOB-SATISFACTION, 3. CONSIDER WHETHER A CORRESPONDING SET OF SEVEN DEFINITIONS OF JOB SATISFACTION YIELD EMPIRICALLY MORE COMPARABLE MEASURES, AND 4. PERFORM A MULTITRAIT-MULTIMETHOD MATRIX ANALYSIS TO DETERMINE IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO VALIDLY MEASURE INDIVIDUALS' ATTRACTION TO THEIR JOBS. THIS STUDY PROPOSES THAT OVERALL JOB ATTRACTION MAY BE VIEWED AS THE SUM OF EXPECTED JOB FACET SATISFACTION ACROSS ALL RELEVANT FACETS OF A JOB. JOB ATTRACTION MAY ALSO BE OPERATIONALIZED AS THE SUM OF EXPECTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO RELEVANT JOB FACETS.