Juliana D. Lilly

The relationship between job satisfaction and demographic variables for healthcare professionals

Purpose – The study aims to examine the association between job satisfaction and demographic variables, such as years in profession, of healthcare professionals in an in‐patient rehabilitation hospital setting.Design/methodology/approach – A total of 128 employees were surveyed using a 47‐item opinion survey to assess demographic variables and overall job satisfaction, as well as nine facets of job satisfaction.Findings – The findings indicate that years in profession (professional experience) is associated with job satisfaction in a defined pattern.Research limitations/implications – These findings need to be tested in other professional groups where plateauing is common. The results are limited by the use of a convenience sample, relatively small sample size, some categorical data that restricted the forms of analysis, and the fact that only demographic variables were examined. The use of continuous measures and broadening the study to include other organizational variables and personal variables would ...

The effect of personality on perceptions of justice

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the effect that work locus of control has on perceptions of trust, perceived organizational support, procedural justice and interactional justice.Design/methodology/approach – Survey data were collected from 679 alumni of a university in the Southwestern USA. Regression analyses and structural equation modeling were used to test a series of hypotheses.Findings – The results indicate that work locus of control has a significant positive relationship on all variables. Perceived organizational support fully mediated the relationship between work locus of control and perceptions of both procedural and interactional justice. Organizational trust fully mediated the relationship between work locus of control and interactional justice, but only partially mediated the relationship between work locus of control and procedural justice.Research limitations/implications – The data used in this paper are cross‐sectional. Also, results are based on self‐report survey dat...

A gender‐sensitive study of McClelland's needs, stress, and turnover intent with work‐family conflict

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to study gender differences in the relationship between McClellands needs, stress, and turnover intentions with work‐family conflict.Design/methodology/approach – Survey data were collected from 383 individuals representing 15 different industries. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses.Findings – Results suggest that McClellands needs act as an antecedent of work‐family conflict, and that they have a differential impact on work‐family conflict for women and men.Research limitations/implications – The subjects were college graduates, hence it was a self‐selected sample, and the results may not generalise to other populations.Practical implications – Women are more affected by family obligations than men and this may impact the performance and turnover intentions of women in organisations.Originality/value – This paper enhances understanding of work‐family conflict by specifically examining individual differences such as need for power, need fo...

GUANXI AND JUSTICE PERCEPTIONS IN A HIRING CONTEXT: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF US AND CHINESE STUDENTS.

This study addresses fairness surrounding allocation of resources utilizing four allocation rules, and examined procedural and distributive fairness among American and Chinese students. Implications for global hiring and management of employees include the careful use of the most appropriate allocation rule in making business decisions.