| Using 52 employees in the high technology industry, the present study examined their job satisfaction levels using Locke's range-of-affect hypotheses. It was hypothesized that (a) perceived have-want discrepancies would predict facet satisfaction and that (b) perceived discrepancy would moderate the relationship between facet satisfaction and the amount of change desired. Hypothesis 1 was supported for all of the 16 job facets measured in the present study. More specifically, the perceived have-want discrepancies were significant predictors of facet satisfaction for all 16 job facets. Hypothesis 2 was supported in five out of the 16 facets. More specifically, Hypothesis 2 was partially supported in that five out of the 16 facets produced a significant increment in R2 for the interaction term at step 3 in the hierarchical regression analyses. Discussion focused on theoretical and practical implications of the study. |
