TY - JOUR
T1 - A nonmetric scaling approach to taxonomies of employee work motivation
AU - Ronen, Simcha
AU - Kraut, Allen I.
AU - Lingoes, James C.
AU - Aranya, Nissim
PY - 1979/10/1
Y1 - 1979/10/1
N2 - A nonmetric scaling method was used to test several taxonomies of work motivation. The intercorrelations among the importance ratings of 14 work goals, made by 800 salesmen and 1,800 repairmen were analyzed. A two-space solution was deemed adequate to reflect both the empirical and theoretical interrelationships among the variables. These results were consistent with an intrinsic-extrinsic grouping of the variables, but more complex relationships of motivational variables were also revealed. In particular, Alderfer's tripartite classification and Maslow's five-fold hierarchy were strongly supported by the smallest space analyses for both salesmen and repairmen.
AB - A nonmetric scaling method was used to test several taxonomies of work motivation. The intercorrelations among the importance ratings of 14 work goals, made by 800 salesmen and 1,800 repairmen were analyzed. A two-space solution was deemed adequate to reflect both the empirical and theoretical interrelationships among the variables. These results were consistent with an intrinsic-extrinsic grouping of the variables, but more complex relationships of motivational variables were also revealed. In particular, Alderfer's tripartite classification and Maslow's five-fold hierarchy were strongly supported by the smallest space analyses for both salesmen and repairmen.
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U2 - 10.1207/s15327906mbr1404_1
DO - 10.1207/s15327906mbr1404_1
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AN - SCOPUS:0041068644
SN - 0027-3171
VL - 14
SP - 387
EP - 401
JO - Multivariate Behavioral Research
JF - Multivariate Behavioral Research
IS - 4
ER -