A scale measuring attitudes toward working for the government

Abstract

To develop a measure of attitudes toward government employment, a preliminary scale administered to 173 college students was item analyzed and then tried out on 493 government employees and 299 private industry employees. A final scale was selected that includes 70 items that discriminate between satisfied government and private industry employees in professional and managerial positions. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)