What Do Engineers Want? Work Values, Job Rewards, and Job Satisfaction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5229030 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James M Watson (0000-0002-8172-8065, SUNY Geneseo), Peter Meiksins (SUNY Geneseo), Peter F Meiksins (SUNY Geneseo) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 140-172 |
| Publication date | 1991-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Science Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/016224399101600202 |
| OpenAlex | W1977993536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 28 |
This article reexamines the classical distinction between professional and organizational work orientations for the case of engineers. Based on data from a survey questionnaire mailed to a sample of 800 engineers in the Rochester, New York, area in 1986, it argues that the two orientations are not opposites. Instead, it is possible to score high on measures of both orientations, or to score low on both. The result is a more complex, fourfold typology of engineers' work orientations. This fourfold typology is then applied to the analysis of engineers' job satisfaction. The most important finding is that the content of engineers' work-that is, the level of challenge and the intrinsic interest of the work-is the central predictor of their satisfaction. The results thus support the conjecture that contemporary engineers have become highly focused-perhaps overly focused-on the gratifications derived from technical work as a process
Economics · Job satisfaction · Management · Sociology · Typology · Work ethic · Applied Psychology · Engineering · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Management and Organizational Studies · Management Theory and Practice · Psychology · Social Psychology · Mechanical Engineering
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2024 (27) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |