Age and Work Satisfaction in a Government Agency: A Situational Perspective
研究了联邦政府机构434名员工中年龄与工作满意度的关系，发现不同职业群体呈现不同的年龄满意度曲线，支持情境解释而非个体发展解释。
A "situational"perspective on employee attitudes is used to interpret the relationship between age and work satisfaction among 434 employees of a Federal Government agency. Distinct age-satisfaction curves are discovered among three employee groups: a U-shaped curve among nonprofessionals, an upward-sloping double-bend curve among elite professionals, and a downward sloping curve among ordinary professionals. Employee perceptions of management climate, mobility possibilities, and personal influence all vary by subcontext and determine level of work satisfaction. Results are seen as supporting a situational rather than ontogenetic explanation of work satisfaction.