Attitudes of Research and Development Professional Federal Employees Toward Value Systems and Operative Goals: A Study of Scientists, Engineers and Managers at a Federal Installation.

摘要

The purpose of this research is to add to the understanding of organizational goals, personal value systems and operative goals of professionals in a research and development organization. It also investigates the impact of motivation in productivity with emphasis on the behavioral concept. In addition, the general thrust of this research is the establishment of a hierarchy of operative goals and personal values with an examination of congruence in the ranking of the concepts among the sub-sets of professionals within the organization; and determination of the primary orientation of the professionals. These findings are then used to identify the value concepts and operative goals that have the greatest behavioral relevance. Statistically significant differences were found in the ranking of and the behavioral relevance scores to the point that conflicts were evidenced between professional groups. Literature dealing with the concepts did not always indicate agreement with the findings, however, some studies supported scientist dissatisfaction in applied research oriented organizations. This research would, therefore, provide an excellent starting point for further studies into employee concepts and their relationship to job satisfaction and employee motivation. (Author)