Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1979

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The effects of possessing a specified level of field dependence on job satisfaction and job performance were examined in two occupational groups. The purposes of the study were (a) to investigate the possibility of an "ideal" level of field dependence for successful occupational performance, (b) to determine whether job satisfaction and/or performance was higher for workers whose field dependence matched a presumed "ideal", and (c) to pave the way for application of field dependence research findings in occupational areas such as job design, screening and placement, design of training programs and staff development. Analysis using the Kolomogorov-Smirnov Test showed no significant differences (p .05) in the satisfaction and performance levels between workers who possessed and workers who did not possess the "ideal." Therefore, the research hypothesis was not supported. Interpretation of findings was confounded by (a) possible inadequacy of the method of estimating the "ideal" level of field dependence for successful performance in an occupation, (b) low validity of The Group Embedded Figures Test, and (c) the questionable validity of a single job satisfaction question.

Extent

110 p.

Comments

Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.

Identifier

FADT11730

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