Ramon J Aldag
Biographic Data
| ID | 377131 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ramon J Aldag |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ramon J |
| FAMILY NAME | Aldag |
| SIGNATURE | ALDAG R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Bounded Rationality and Satisficing (Behavioral Decision-Making Model)
Distinguished Scholar Invited Essay Behavioral Decision Making: Implications for Leadership and Organizations
The past few decades have witnessed greatly enhanced interest in behavioral decision theory. Unlike traditional decision theory, which is normative or prescriptive and seeks an optimal solution, behavioral decision theory (although it yields important practical implications) is inherently descriptive, seeking to understand how people actually make decisions. This article discusses rationality and its limits, approaches to examination of decision …
Self-management perceptions and practices: A structural equations analysis
Self-management has many potential benefits for organizations. However, application of self-management to organizational settings has been hampered by lack of theoretical frameworks for self-management specifically applied to work settings and by a corresponding dearth of psychometrically sound measures. This paper presents results of structural equations modeling of measures of self-management anchored in a revised version of the Brief and Aldag…
Self‐management perceptions and practices: A structural equations analysis
Beyond fiasco: A reappraisal of the groupthink phenomenon and a new model of group decision processes
This article provides a comprehensive evaluation of the groupthink phenomenon (I. L. Janis, 1971,1972,1982). Our evaluation indicates that research does not provide convincing support for thevalidity of the groupthink phenomenon or for the suggestion that groupthink characteristics leadto negative outcomes. This review, coupled with evidence from other literature suggested by aproblem-solving perspective and a direct examination of groupthink imp…
Actual Versus Reported Work Preferences
Alternative Approaches to Assessment of Vacation Discrepancy: A Reply to Lounsbury and Franz
Differences in approach, in findings and their context are commented on. These may serve as complements, providing guidance for different purposes
Vacation Discrepancy: Correlates of Individual Differences and Outcomes
This paper examines individual differences and individual and organizational outcomes as correlates of vacation discrepancy. Vacation discrepancy, the degree to which actual and ideal vacation characteristics are discrepant, is operationalized by five vacation indices—duration, usage, nature, sacrifice, and banking and cash payment. These vacation discrepancy indices are seen to be related to five individual difference characteristics—age, job le…
Measurement of perceived task characteristics
Leader Behavior in a Police Organization Revisited
For a sample of police personnel, a longitudinal design was employed to examine the relationships between leader role clarification behaviors and subordinate job satisfaction and attitudes toward citizenry as well as the role of perceived skill variety as a potential moderator of those relationships. Further, both the relationships of perceived skill variety to employee responses and the potential moderating role of job longevity on those relatio…
Measurement of perceived task characteristics
Antecedents of Organizational Commitment Among Hospital Nurses
Two sets of variables (affective reactions to attributes of the hospital nurse's job and attributes of the nurse) were predicted to be related to organizational commitment. Regression analysis was applied to the statistically significant correlates (satisfaction with work itself, supervision, promotional opportunities, and coworkers; and age, basic nursing education, adherence to Protestant work ethic ideals, and a gauge of family responsibilitie…
Examination of Responses of Registered Nurses to Manifest Needs Questionnaire
The a priori factor structure, internal consistency reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity of Steers and Braunstein's (1976) Manifest Needs Questionnaire were evaluated for a sample of 96 registered nurses. The questionnaire exhibited generally unsatisfactory psychometric properties. Readers are cautioned against its adoption as a research tool unless future studies yield more favorable results
Some correlates of women's Self-Image and Stereotypes of Femininity
Examination of a Measure of Higher-Order Need Strength
Characteristics and correlates of higher-order need strength measure B of the Job Diagnostic Survey are examined. In particular, the following issues related to the measure are considered: (a) internal consistency reliability; (b) convergent and discriminant validity; (c) relationships to perceptions of task dimensions and a variety of affective responses; (d) correlations to indices of urbanization of area of socialization and adherence to Prote…
Anticipatory Socialization and Role Stress among Registered Nurses
Arthur P. Brief, Mary Van Sell, Ramon J. Aldag, Nancy Melone, Anticipatory Socialization and Role Stress among Registered Nurses, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Jun., 1979), pp. 161-166
Examination of Alternative Models of Job Satisfaction
Researchers examining efficacy of alternative measures of job facet satisfaction have generally assumed overall job satisfaction to be an additive function of weighted facet scores. This paper considers the linear compensatory model implied by such an assumption as well as two nonlinear alternatives. It is found that conjunctive and disjunctive models predict overall job satisfaction about as well as does the linear compensatory model. Further, s…
Work Values as Moderators of Perceived Leader Behavior-Satisfaction Relationships
Hypotheses concerning the moderating effects of job involvement and pro-Protestant ethic attitudes on perceived leader behavior-satisfaction relationships were assessed for a sample of production workers (n = 131). Statistically significant moderating effects were not isolated. However, it was noted that job involvement and pro-Protestant ethic attitudes impacted somewhat differently on the perceived leader behavior-satisfaction relationships exa…
Moderators of the relationships between self and superior evaluations of job performance
For a sample of 150 housekeeping and food service personnel employed in a large university hospital and their immediate superiors, several moderator candidates of the relationships between self and superior evaluations of job performance were assessed. Only tenure was found to moderate significantly ( P ≤0·05) the relationship between self and superior ratings of one dimension of subordinate performance. The practical significance of the study's …
Some Correlates of Policemen's Attitudes toward Citizenry
Kelley, et al.'s (1972) policemen's attitudes toward citizenry scale was administered to 75 employees of a midwestern police force. Factor structure of the questionnaire was generally consistent with the Kelly, et al. conceptualization. Three of the four subscales (Policemen's View of Citizens' Support, General Faith in People, and Police Defensive Posture) were significantly related to an index of General Positive Orientation Toward the Job. Sig…
Correctional employees' reactions to job characteristics: A data based argument for job enlargement
Beyond fiasco: A reappraisal of the groupthink phenomenon and a new model of group decision processes
This article provides a comprehensive evaluation of the groupthink phenomenon (I. L. Janis, 1971,1972,1982). Our evaluation indicates that research does not provide convincing support for thevalidity of the groupthink phenomenon or for the suggestion that groupthink characteristics leadto negative outcomes. This review, coupled with evidence from other literature suggested by aproblem-solving perspective and a direct examination of groupthink imp…
Measurement of perceived task characteristics
Examination of a Measure of Higher-Order Need Strength
Characteristics and correlates of higher-order need strength measure B of the Job Diagnostic Survey are examined. In particular, the following issues related to the measure are considered: (a) internal consistency reliability; (b) convergent and discriminant validity; (c) relationships to perceptions of task dimensions and a variety of affective responses; (d) correlations to indices of urbanization of area of socialization and adherence to Prote…
Anticipatory Socialization and Role Stress among Registered Nurses
Arthur P. Brief, Mary Van Sell, Ramon J. Aldag, Nancy Melone, Anticipatory Socialization and Role Stress among Registered Nurses, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Jun., 1979), pp. 161-166
Examination of Alternative Models of Job Satisfaction
Researchers examining efficacy of alternative measures of job facet satisfaction have generally assumed overall job satisfaction to be an additive function of weighted facet scores. This paper considers the linear compensatory model implied by such an assumption as well as two nonlinear alternatives. It is found that conjunctive and disjunctive models predict overall job satisfaction about as well as does the linear compensatory model. Further, s…
Leader Behavior in a Police Organization Revisited
For a sample of police personnel, a longitudinal design was employed to examine the relationships between leader role clarification behaviors and subordinate job satisfaction and attitudes toward citizenry as well as the role of perceived skill variety as a potential moderator of those relationships. Further, both the relationships of perceived skill variety to employee responses and the potential moderating role of job longevity on those relatio…
Correctional employees' reactions to job characteristics: A data based argument for job enlargement
Distinguished Scholar Invited Essay Behavioral Decision Making: Implications for Leadership and Organizations
The past few decades have witnessed greatly enhanced interest in behavioral decision theory. Unlike traditional decision theory, which is normative or prescriptive and seeks an optimal solution, behavioral decision theory (although it yields important practical implications) is inherently descriptive, seeking to understand how people actually make decisions. This article discusses rationality and its limits, approaches to examination of decision …
Some Correlates of Policemen's Attitudes toward Citizenry
Kelley, et al.'s (1972) policemen's attitudes toward citizenry scale was administered to 75 employees of a midwestern police force. Factor structure of the questionnaire was generally consistent with the Kelly, et al. conceptualization. Three of the four subscales (Policemen's View of Citizens' Support, General Faith in People, and Police Defensive Posture) were significantly related to an index of General Positive Orientation Toward the Job. Sig…
Correctional employees' reactions to job characteristics: A data based argument for job enlargement
Work Values as Moderators of Perceived Leader Behavior-Satisfaction Relationships
Hypotheses concerning the moderating effects of job involvement and pro-Protestant ethic attitudes on perceived leader behavior-satisfaction relationships were assessed for a sample of production workers (n = 131). Statistically significant moderating effects were not isolated. However, it was noted that job involvement and pro-Protestant ethic attitudes impacted somewhat differently on the perceived leader behavior-satisfaction relationships exa…
Moderators of the relationships between self and superior evaluations of job performance
For a sample of 150 housekeeping and food service personnel employed in a large university hospital and their immediate superiors, several moderator candidates of the relationships between self and superior evaluations of job performance were assessed. Only tenure was found to moderate significantly ( P ≤0·05) the relationship between self and superior ratings of one dimension of subordinate performance. The practical significance of the study's …
Examination of Alternative Models of Job Satisfaction
Researchers examining efficacy of alternative measures of job facet satisfaction have generally assumed overall job satisfaction to be an additive function of weighted facet scores. This paper considers the linear compensatory model implied by such an assumption as well as two nonlinear alternatives. It is found that conjunctive and disjunctive models predict overall job satisfaction about as well as does the linear compensatory model. Further, s…
Some correlates of women's Self-Image and Stereotypes of Femininity
Examination of a Measure of Higher-Order Need Strength
Characteristics and correlates of higher-order need strength measure B of the Job Diagnostic Survey are examined. In particular, the following issues related to the measure are considered: (a) internal consistency reliability; (b) convergent and discriminant validity; (c) relationships to perceptions of task dimensions and a variety of affective responses; (d) correlations to indices of urbanization of area of socialization and adherence to Prote…
Anticipatory Socialization and Role Stress among Registered Nurses
Arthur P. Brief, Mary Van Sell, Ramon J. Aldag, Nancy Melone, Anticipatory Socialization and Role Stress among Registered Nurses, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Jun., 1979), pp. 161-166
Antecedents of Organizational Commitment Among Hospital Nurses
Two sets of variables (affective reactions to attributes of the hospital nurse's job and attributes of the nurse) were predicted to be related to organizational commitment. Regression analysis was applied to the statistically significant correlates (satisfaction with work itself, supervision, promotional opportunities, and coworkers; and age, basic nursing education, adherence to Protestant work ethic ideals, and a gauge of family responsibilitie…
Examination of Responses of Registered Nurses to Manifest Needs Questionnaire
The a priori factor structure, internal consistency reliability, and convergent and discriminant validity of Steers and Braunstein's (1976) Manifest Needs Questionnaire were evaluated for a sample of 96 registered nurses. The questionnaire exhibited generally unsatisfactory psychometric properties. Readers are cautioned against its adoption as a research tool unless future studies yield more favorable results
Measurement of perceived task characteristics
Leader Behavior in a Police Organization Revisited
For a sample of police personnel, a longitudinal design was employed to examine the relationships between leader role clarification behaviors and subordinate job satisfaction and attitudes toward citizenry as well as the role of perceived skill variety as a potential moderator of those relationships. Further, both the relationships of perceived skill variety to employee responses and the potential moderating role of job longevity on those relatio…
Measurement of perceived task characteristics
Vacation Discrepancy: Correlates of Individual Differences and Outcomes
This paper examines individual differences and individual and organizational outcomes as correlates of vacation discrepancy. Vacation discrepancy, the degree to which actual and ideal vacation characteristics are discrepant, is operationalized by five vacation indices—duration, usage, nature, sacrifice, and banking and cash payment. These vacation discrepancy indices are seen to be related to five individual difference characteristics—age, job le…
Actual Versus Reported Work Preferences
Alternative Approaches to Assessment of Vacation Discrepancy: A Reply to Lounsbury and Franz
Differences in approach, in findings and their context are commented on. These may serve as complements, providing guidance for different purposes
Beyond fiasco: A reappraisal of the groupthink phenomenon and a new model of group decision processes
This article provides a comprehensive evaluation of the groupthink phenomenon (I. L. Janis, 1971,1972,1982). Our evaluation indicates that research does not provide convincing support for thevalidity of the groupthink phenomenon or for the suggestion that groupthink characteristics leadto negative outcomes. This review, coupled with evidence from other literature suggested by aproblem-solving perspective and a direct examination of groupthink imp…
Self-management perceptions and practices: A structural equations analysis
Self-management has many potential benefits for organizations. However, application of self-management to organizational settings has been hampered by lack of theoretical frameworks for self-management specifically applied to work settings and by a corresponding dearth of psychometrically sound measures. This paper presents results of structural equations modeling of measures of self-management anchored in a revised version of the Brief and Aldag…
Self‐management perceptions and practices: A structural equations analysis
Distinguished Scholar Invited Essay Behavioral Decision Making: Implications for Leadership and Organizations
The past few decades have witnessed greatly enhanced interest in behavioral decision theory. Unlike traditional decision theory, which is normative or prescriptive and seeks an optimal solution, behavioral decision theory (although it yields important practical implications) is inherently descriptive, seeking to understand how people actually make decisions. This article discusses rationality and its limits, approaches to examination of decision …
Bounded Rationality and Satisficing (Behavioral Decision-Making Model)
Psychology (21 works) · Social Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (10 works) · Mathematics (7 works) · Statistics (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Job satisfaction (5 works) · Applied Psychology (4 works) · Cognitive psychology (4 works)