Selling performance and contentment in relation to school background

Abstract

Reviews Selling performance and contentment in relation to school background (1949) by A. C. Mossin. The subjects in the study reported were 94 "salesgirls" from a large New York City department store, who differed primarily in having followed in high school what the author classified as either a college preparatory, commercial, distributive occupational, or clothing arts curriculum. Job performance was measured with subjective criteria derived from independent ratings; job contentment was assessed with the Job Functions Interest Blank, a Job Conditions Satisfaction Questionnaire and a Job Ranking Test. No significant differences were found between the performances of those with different high school curricular backgrounds. Perhaps an inherent limitation in this approach to comparing workers' high school backgrounds is that these do not in themselves reveal attitudes toward curricula and work that are indicative of the motivations underlying vocational choice. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)