Review of Social factors related to job satisfaction

Abstract

Reviews the book "Social factors related to job satisfaction, a technique for the measurement of job satisfaction" by Robert P. Bullock (see record 195405020-000). This monograph is the report of a research study designed to discover the relationship of certain social factors to job-satisfaction and to employ these factors in a scale for the measurement of job-satisfaction. Two measuring instruments were prepared, a Job-Satisfaction Scale for use as a criterion and a Social-Factor Questionnaire. The instruments were pre-tested on a group of 53 male juniors and seniors in college, all of whom had held full time jobs. Validation was accomplished on this group and on two samples from an animal registration association. One hundred currently employed persons comprised the first sample and 124 ex-employees the second. The author deserves commendation for his adaptation of the Social Factor Questionnaire to the measurement of job-satisfaction and for his attempt to validate his instruments. Further research, however, is necessary before these results are generalized to other industries. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)