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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS<br />

JUNE 2011<br />

VOL 3, NO 2<br />

satisfaction. Responses are given on a 7-point scale and can be summed to create and overall<br />

satisfaction score as well as an intrinsic and extrinsic value.<br />

Results<br />

1. Co relational Analyses<br />

The below table illustrates the correlations between the personality and demographic variables<br />

and job satisfaction scores. Both overall and intrinsic job satisfaction were positively correlated<br />

with Job Status (all p < .01), whilst extrinsic job satisfaction was negatively correlated with Job<br />

Status (p < .05). All three job satisfaction scores were positively correlated with<br />

Conscientiousness (all p < .05). In addition, it was noted that Age, Years in Full Time<br />

Employment, Job Tenure and Job Status were positively associated with each other (all p < .01).<br />

Table 1.Correlations Among Demographic, personality and job satisfaction Variables (1.Gender,2.Age , 3.<br />

Job Status, 4. Employment,5. Job Tenure , 6. Neuroticism , 7. Extraversion , 8.Openness , 9. Agreeableness ,<br />

10 Conscientiousness , 11 satisfaction (JS) , 12 intrinsic JS , 13 extrinsic JS)<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12<br />

1 -<br />

2 -.028 -<br />

3 -.088 .343** -<br />

4 -.128 .769** .468** -<br />

5 -.040 .465** .428** .544** -<br />

6 -.165 .038 .025 .049 -.033 -<br />

7 .039 .008 .098 .047 -.055 .065 -<br />

8 -.069 .136 .080 .141* - .026 .202** .267** -<br />

9 .191** .218** -.143* .071 .017 .162* -.062 .198** -<br />

10 .054 .210** -.018 .164 .087 .108 -.165* .009 .206** -<br />

11 .061 -.014 .209** .015 .054 .091 .005 -.042 .085 .174* -<br />

12 .022 .010 .253** .018 .066 .079 -.025 -.028 .057 .154* .948** -<br />

13 .096 -.038 -.142* .010 .036 .093 .106 -.052 .104 .175* .946** .794**<br />

2. Factor analysis on the WVQ<br />

The 37 items in the WVQ was treated to a Principal Components Analyses. An initial<br />

factor analysis was run to check for multi co linearity and revealed that no SMC was<br />

approaching 0.9. A varimax rotation was then run and the screed plot indicated that three clear<br />

factors emerged.<br />

Table 2 :Factor Pattern Matrix for the Work Values Questionnaire<br />

Item and classification 1 Factor 2 3<br />

security and conditions (factor 1)<br />

Safety (H) .741<br />

Regularity (H) .713<br />

Tranquillity (H) .708<br />

Condition (H) .695<br />

Simplicity (M) .680<br />

Comfort (H) .665<br />

Security (H) .576<br />

Effortlessness (M) .565<br />

Clarity (M) .562<br />

COPY RIGHT © 2011 Institute of Interdisciplinary Business Research 463

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