Overall job satisfaction: How good are single-item measures?

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-251

  Wanous, John P ^a   Reichers, Arnon E ^b   Hudy, Michael J ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; META ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031113028     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037//0021-9010.82.2.247     Document Type: Article

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