Review of Job satisfaction

Abstract

Reviews the book, Job satisfaction by Robert Hoppock (1935). This interesting book makes a contribution to the large problem of what proportion of workers are dissatisfied and why. It is based on a summary of the literature and on several studies by interview or questionnaire techniques with detailed statistical analysis of the results. The first portion of the book gives a summary of the findings and the second presents the material in detail. The hasty reader who wishes merely general conclusions will find this arrangement very convenient. The technique in the studies reported is necessarily loose. Everything is subjective as far as the raw data is concerned, although the statistical analysis is rigorous. The work does not give any final solution but opens up several problems. The author does the best that can be done with such techniques and while nothing final can be said about the incidence of dissatisfaction, some of its causes, at least, come out rather clearly in the data. The author goes into the literature, such as it is, and the book would afford a good starting point for any one who wished to carry on further observation and experiment in this field. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)