Toby Wall
Biographic Data
| ID | 3820832 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Toby Wall |
| GIVEN NAMES | Toby |
| FAMILY NAME | Wall |
| SIGNATURE | WALL T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
General practitioners' subjective experience of surgery workload
The relationship between simplified jobs and mental health
This paper replicates an earlier study testing the hypothesis that relatively poor mental health is associated with simplified jobs, but only for those employees who see their work as not using their skills, and who at the same time report high levels of cognitive failure. The hypothesis is confirmed in two separate samples
Women on the assembly line
This paper examines the relative merits of main and interactive explanations of the effects of assembly‐line work on the job satisfaction, absence and mental health of a sample of women operators. In an empirical study, it was found that assembly‐line work had a direct effect on job satisfaction thus confirming previous findings for men. No effect was found for absence. There was an interaction effect of assembly‐line work on mental health. It oc…
New work attitude measures of trust, organizational commitment and personal need non‐fulfilment
Within research on the quality of working life the variables of trust, organizational commitment and the fulfilment of personal needs play an important part. Yet relevant measures with adequate psychometric support are difficult to locate, especially ones applicable to blue‐collar British working populations. The present paper introduces new measures of these variables, each of which has a number of subscales. Internal homogeneity, reliability an…
Scales for the measurement of some work attitudes and aspects of psychological well‐being
Two studies of male manual workers are described, in which eight scales relevant to the quality of working life are introduced and assessed. The scales build upon previous work, but are designed to remedy certain conceptual and operational deficiencies. They cover work involvement, intrinsic job motivation, higher order need strength, perceived intrinsic job characteristics, job satisfaction, life satisfaction, happiness, and self‐rated anxiety. …
The Predictability of Absence and Propensity to Leave from Employees' Job Satisfaction and Attitudes Toward Influence in Decision-Making
Absenteeism and labor turnover rates have not proved to be consistently predictable on the basis of individual attitudes towards work. It is argued that this inconsistency might in part be attributed to three factors: (a) the lack of studies using the individual worker as a unit of analysis; (b) the use of inappropriate measures of labor turnover; and (c) insufficiently broad coverage of worker attitudes in the measures used. In the present study…
The Demand for Participation among Employees
Britain 's entry to the European Economic Community has addedfuel to the frequently fiery debates amongst politicians, managements, trade unions, and social scientists on the merits of existing member countries' current participative practices. These discussions seem to carry an underlying assumption that the furtherance of such systems as Employee Directors and Works Councils will be reflected in an improved quality of working life for employees…
The Predictability of Absence and Propensity to Leave from Employees' Job Satisfaction and Attitudes Toward Influence in Decision-Making
Absenteeism and labor turnover rates have not proved to be consistently predictable on the basis of individual attitudes towards work. It is argued that this inconsistency might in part be attributed to three factors: (a) the lack of studies using the individual worker as a unit of analysis; (b) the use of inappropriate measures of labor turnover; and (c) insufficiently broad coverage of worker attitudes in the measures used. In the present study…
The Demand for Participation among Employees
Britain 's entry to the European Economic Community has addedfuel to the frequently fiery debates amongst politicians, managements, trade unions, and social scientists on the merits of existing member countries' current participative practices. These discussions seem to carry an underlying assumption that the furtherance of such systems as Employee Directors and Works Councils will be reflected in an improved quality of working life for employees…
General practitioners' subjective experience of surgery workload
The Demand for Participation among Employees
Britain 's entry to the European Economic Community has addedfuel to the frequently fiery debates amongst politicians, managements, trade unions, and social scientists on the merits of existing member countries' current participative practices. These discussions seem to carry an underlying assumption that the furtherance of such systems as Employee Directors and Works Councils will be reflected in an improved quality of working life for employees…
The Predictability of Absence and Propensity to Leave from Employees' Job Satisfaction and Attitudes Toward Influence in Decision-Making
Absenteeism and labor turnover rates have not proved to be consistently predictable on the basis of individual attitudes towards work. It is argued that this inconsistency might in part be attributed to three factors: (a) the lack of studies using the individual worker as a unit of analysis; (b) the use of inappropriate measures of labor turnover; and (c) insufficiently broad coverage of worker attitudes in the measures used. In the present study…
Scales for the measurement of some work attitudes and aspects of psychological well‐being
Two studies of male manual workers are described, in which eight scales relevant to the quality of working life are introduced and assessed. The scales build upon previous work, but are designed to remedy certain conceptual and operational deficiencies. They cover work involvement, intrinsic job motivation, higher order need strength, perceived intrinsic job characteristics, job satisfaction, life satisfaction, happiness, and self‐rated anxiety. …
New work attitude measures of trust, organizational commitment and personal need non‐fulfilment
Within research on the quality of working life the variables of trust, organizational commitment and the fulfilment of personal needs play an important part. Yet relevant measures with adequate psychometric support are difficult to locate, especially ones applicable to blue‐collar British working populations. The present paper introduces new measures of these variables, each of which has a number of subscales. Internal homogeneity, reliability an…
Women on the assembly line
This paper examines the relative merits of main and interactive explanations of the effects of assembly‐line work on the job satisfaction, absence and mental health of a sample of women operators. In an empirical study, it was found that assembly‐line work had a direct effect on job satisfaction thus confirming previous findings for men. No effect was found for absence. There was an interaction effect of assembly‐line work on mental health. It oc…
The relationship between simplified jobs and mental health
This paper replicates an earlier study testing the hypothesis that relatively poor mental health is associated with simplified jobs, but only for those employees who see their work as not using their skills, and who at the same time report high levels of cognitive failure. The hypothesis is confirmed in two separate samples
General practitioners' subjective experience of surgery workload
Psychology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Applied Psychology (4 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (3 works) · Job satisfaction (3 works) · Workplace Health and Well-being (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Job attitude (2 works) · Job performance (2 works) · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior (2 works)