A model of communication apprehension, job level held, communication requirements of the job, job satisfaction, and career change activities

Author

Donald Lynn Harville

Date of Award

8-1986

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Major

Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Major Professor

Robert T. Ladd

Committee Members

John M. Larsen, John W. Lounsbury, Joyce E. A. Russell

Abstract

The literature on communication apprehension (OA) was shown to be relevant to occupational type behaviors. Super's self-concept implementation theory (Super, 1951, 1953) previously has asserted that job satisfaction is related to the degree to which the job and the individual are compatible. In order to examine the occupational behavior of individuals as a function of their OA, a model of OA, job level held, communication requirements of the job, job satisfaction, and career change activities was developed. A total of 501 employees who had attended a Career Planning Workshop were sent a questionnaire designed, among other things, to investigate the model. Eleven out of the 14 correlational main effects proposed by the model were significant and in the proposed direction. The interaction of CA and communication requirements was significantly related to three of the five job satisfaction scales. All but one of the relevant LISREL path weights were significant and in the expected direction. Implications for practice and for theory were discussed, along with areas that need more research.

Recommended Citation

Harville, Donald Lynn, "A model of communication apprehension, job level held, communication requirements of the job, job satisfaction, and career change activities. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 1986.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/12262