Elmer A Spreitzer

Biographic Data

ID102529
NAMEElmer A Spreitzer
GIVEN NAMESElmer A
FAMILY NAMESpreitzer
SIGNATURESPREITZER E A
AFFILIATIONSBowling Green State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS12
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1971
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1984
H-INDEX1

  • There Is Life (And Work) after Sociology: Implications for Curriculum Design

    Joseph E Jacoby, Meredith D Pugh et al.ARTICLETeaching Sociology1984

    Joseph E. Jacoby, Meredith D. Pugh, Eldon E. Snyder, Elmer A. Spreitzer, There Is Life (And Work) after Sociology: Implications for Curriculum Design, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 11, No. 4 (Jul., 1984), pp. 399-417

  • Work Orientation, Meaning of Leisure and Mental Health

    Elmer A Spreitzer, Elmer Spreitzer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Leisure Research1974Cited by: 12References: 2

    This paper is focused on the subjective meanings attached to leisure activities. The interest, then, is on the affective or attitudinal level rather than overt leisure behavior forms. This paper's main objective is to explore the relationship between work orientation and attitudes toward leisure activities, particularly with respect to any compensatory function that leisure might serve in the situation of a person holding a job that does not perm…

  • A Model for the Analysis of Lifetime Marriage Patterns

    Lawrence E Riley, Elmer A Spreitzer et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1974

    This paper extends the existing literature by conceptualizing lifetime marital experience in the form of a summary flowchart. The flowchart approach highlights the longitudinal dimension and captures the dynamics of lifetime marital experience which are absent from previous research based on census data and vital statistics records. We illustrate the application of this model through a secondary analysis of data collected in a study of applicants…

  • Race and Equality of Opportunity: A Controlled Study

    Elmer A Spreitzer, Elmer Spreitzer et al.ARTICLEPhylon (19601973

    E QUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY a cardinal value within the American culture, but an abundance of evidence suggests that it more of an ideal than a reality. Relevant research on education, occupation, income, and housing demonstrates the severely disadvantaged position of Negroes in the United States.' In their definitive work on the American occupational structure, Blau and Duncan conclude that the socioeconomic system is largely governed by universali…

  • Education, Occupation, and Age as Correlates of Work Orientation

    Open AccessDavid L Larson, Elmer A Spreitzer et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports1973

    Higher education Levels, older age, and higher status occupations were associated with an intrinsic orientation to work (e.g., interest in the work itself) in comparison to an extrinsic instrumental orientation (e.g., work for pay and security). An extrinsic-expressive orientation (e.g., concern for working conditions) theoretically and empirically reflected an intermediate category

  • Faculty Response to the Institutionalization of a Free University

    Eldon E Snyder, Joseph B Perry et al.ARTICLEThe Pacific Sociological Review1972References: 6

  • Intrinsic and Extrinsic Meanings of Work as Related to Disability Inclination: Another Look at the Sick Role Concept

    David L Larson, Elmer A Spreitzer et al.ARTICLESociological Focus1971References: 1

    (1971). Intrinsic and Extrinsic Meanings of Work as Related to Disability Inclination: Another Look at the Sick Role Concept. Sociological Focus: Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 88-98

  • Organizational Goals and Patterns of Informal Organization

    Elmer A Spreitzer, Elmer SpreitzerARTICLEJournal of Health and Social…1971

    This article presents a partial replication in a different setting of several studies of correctional institutions. It follows a research tradition that attempts to specify the relationship between organizational goals and patterns of informal organization. The objective of the present research was to explore the emergent social organization among clients in a large, state rehabilitation center for the physically and mentally handicapped. Informa…