A Study of Relationships among Selected Organizational Variables in System Program Offices during the Weapon System Acquisition Process.

摘要

The purpose of the study was to determine whether certain organizational variables would affect job satisfaction and perception of organizational climate among managers in System Program Offices (SPOs). In general, the research hypotheses were that the organizational variables were related to job satisfaction and organizational climate, and that satisfaction and climate were related. Correlation and one-way analysis of variance statistical techniques were used to test the hypotheses. Fifteen specific hypotheses were investigated and support was found for three. The results of the research indicated that perception of organizational climate differed among SPOs of different sizes, among managers performing duty at different organizational levels, and among SPOs in different phases of the weapon system acquisition process. No support was found for hypotheses concerned with job satisfaction.