Job satisfaction of liberal arts graduates

Abstract

229 full-time male workers of graduating classes of 1928, 1938, and 1948 were sent questionnaires concerning their jobs. They were also asked to indicate the level of job satisfaction, along a 7-point continuum. The results indicated that graduates of the College were essentially satisfied with their jobs but that the amount of satisfaction was dependent in varying degrees on the factors of: (1) time on the job, (2) salary, (3) status on the job, (4) age, (5) marital status, (6) retirement plans, (7) campus belongingness, and (8) the affinity between job duties and college major. Job satisfaction was shown to have no relationship with college grades and only a limited relationship with job categories. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)