TY - JOUR
T1 - Holland-style Measures of Congruence
T2 - Are Complex Indices More Effective Predictors of Satisfaction?
AU - Hoeglund, Tawni J.
AU - Hansen, Jo-Ida C
PY - 1999/6/1
Y1 - 1999/6/1
N2 - We explored the hypothesis that the greater the calculation complexity of a congruence index, the greater the likelihood that the index's scores predict level of job satisfaction. Five Holland-style congruence indices were computed for nine female and seven male occupational samples representing the six Holland types for each gender. Analyses for 12 samples did not identify any significant correlations between satisfaction and congruence. For the remaining four occupations and the composite data set, one to three congruence measures correlated significantly with satisfaction. Results indicated a very small relationship between congruence and satisfaction in these samples, which rendered immaterial comparisons of the efficacy of the congruence indices to predict satisfaction. Possible reasons for the small congruence-satisfaction correlations and other factors influencing satisfaction are discussed.
AB - We explored the hypothesis that the greater the calculation complexity of a congruence index, the greater the likelihood that the index's scores predict level of job satisfaction. Five Holland-style congruence indices were computed for nine female and seven male occupational samples representing the six Holland types for each gender. Analyses for 12 samples did not identify any significant correlations between satisfaction and congruence. For the remaining four occupations and the composite data set, one to three congruence measures correlated significantly with satisfaction. Results indicated a very small relationship between congruence and satisfaction in these samples, which rendered immaterial comparisons of the efficacy of the congruence indices to predict satisfaction. Possible reasons for the small congruence-satisfaction correlations and other factors influencing satisfaction are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1006/jvbe.1998.1675
DO - 10.1006/jvbe.1998.1675
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0040442016
SN - 0001-8791
VL - 54
SP - 471
EP - 482
JO - Journal of Vocational Behavior
JF - Journal of Vocational Behavior
IS - 3
ER -