Field independence and articulation of sources of job satisfaction

Abstract

Hypothesized that analytic (field independent) and global (field dependent) perceivers would differ in their ability to differentiate among intrinsic and extrinsic sources of job satisfaction. Ss were 96 civil service supervisors who completed a Group Embedded Figures Test and the Wernimont job-satisfaction questionnaire. Results show that for global perceivers intrinsic and extrinsic satisfactions correlated substantially with each other and with overall job satisfaction while for analytical perceivers intrinsic and extrinsic satisfactions were independent and, as expected, only intrinsic satisfaction correlated with overall job satisfaction. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)