Taking the Measure of Work: A Guide to Validated Scales for Organizational Research and Diagnosis / Edition 1

by Dail L. Fields

Overview

Organizational researchers and managers have never had a single easy-to-use resource for validated measures, often relying on a selection of journal articles or improvised solutions to meet immediate needs. Taking the Measure of Work: A Guide to Validated Scales for Organizational Research and Diagnosis provides researchers, consultants, managers, and organizational development specialists validated and reliable ways to measure how employees view their work and their organization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761924258
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/22/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Dail L. Fields (Ph.D., Georgia Tech, 1994) is Associate Professor at The Regent University School of Business. His research interests include measurement of employee perspectives on work, cross-cultural management, human resource management strategies and leadership and values in organizations. He has published research studies in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of organizational Behavior, Educational and Psychological Measurement, and The International Journal of Human Resource Management. He is a member of the Academy of Management and the Academy of International Business. Prior to beginning an academic career in 1994, he was a management executive with MCI Communications Corp. and a management consultant with Touche Ross & Co.

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Job Satisfaction
2. Organizational Commitment
3. Job Characteristics
4. Job Stress
5. Job Roles
6. Organizational Justice
7. Work-Family Conflict
8. Person-Organization Fit
9. Workplace Behaviors
10. Workplace Values
References
Name Index
Subject Index
About the Author

Editorial Reviews

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