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Multivariate Relationships Between Job Characteristics And Job Satisfaction In The Public Sector: A Triple

R Lee, D J McCabe, W K Graham

Multivariate Behavioral Research

|January 15, 2016

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Job characteristics significantly impact public sector employee satisfaction, particularly intrinsic satisfaction. These findings align with the Hackman and Oldham model and generalize to public employees.

Area of Science:

Organizational Psychology
Public Administration

Background:

Understanding the relationship between job design and employee satisfaction is crucial for organizational effectiveness.
Previous research has primarily focused on the private sector, leaving a gap in public sector understanding.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the multivariate relationships between task characteristics and work outcome satisfaction in the public sector.
To validate the Hackman and Oldham model's predictions within a public sector context.
To determine if findings from the private sector generalize to public employees.

Main Methods:

Utilized the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) to measure task characteristics.
Employed the Triple Audit Opinion Survey to assess satisfaction with work outcomes.

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Conducted a triple cross-validation design on a sample of 1,972 public sector workers.

Main Results:

High and stable canonical correlations were found between job characteristics and satisfaction.
Job characteristics were more strongly related to intrinsic job satisfaction than extrinsic job satisfaction.
Relationships were stronger for employees with high self-actualization need strength.

Conclusions:

The Hackman and Oldham model's predictions are supported in the public sector.
Job characteristics are significant drivers of intrinsic job satisfaction for public employees.
Established job characteristic-satisfaction relationships are generalizable from the private to the public sector.