Occupational Attitude Inventory: Use in Predictions of Job Satisfaction, Reenlistment Intent, and Reenlistment Behavior.

摘要

The purpose of this study was to conduct a validation of the Air Force Occupational Attitude Inventory(OAI), a large facet-specific instrument designed to measure job satisfaction in the Air Force. Concurrent validity was assessed in relation to global job satisfaction and reenlistment intent while predictive validity was evaluated in relation to actual reenlistment behavior. The OAI was administered to two samples of first-term airmen, 1,217 in 1973 and 4,784 in 1975. Multiple linear regression equations were constructed to assess the effects of OAI occupational attitudes on attitudinal (global job satisfaction and reenlistment intent) and reenlistment behavior (reenlistment versus separation) criteria while controlling for the effects of individual biographical variables (e.g., age, education, aptitude, martial status, gender) and job-related variables (e.g., membership in 18 duty and control Air Force Specialty Codes, number of months on the job, number of people supervised, and grade). A series of statistical F tests revealed that the set of 189 OAI attitude items were significantly related to global job satisfaction, reenlistment intent, and actual reenlistment behavior in all analysis samples over and above the functional relationships between the criteria and 53 biographical and job-related variables used in the Air Force selection, classification, and assignment process.