Cognitive and Volitional Determinants of Job Attitudes in a Voluntary Organization

Examined the relative utility of expectancy-value & social-cognitive theories in predicting job attitudes in a voluntary organization. Results of a questionnaire completed by New Zealand Air Training Corps cadets (N = 295) showed that (1) intrinsic valences better predicted members' job satisfaction & organizational commitment than did extrinsic valences, (2) social-cognitive theory alone predicted newcomers' job attitudes, (3) expectancy-value theory was as effective as both theories in predicting longer-serving members' job attitudes, & (4) length of service had a significant effect on members' effectiveness self-efficacy expectancies, but had no impact on measures of valences, past performance appraisals, or job attitudes. 3 Tables, 61 References. Adapted from the source document.