Publication |
Author(s) | Wrzesniewski, A.; McCauley, C.R.; Rozin, P.; Schwartz, B. |
Title | Jobs, Careers, and Callings: People's Relations to their Work. |
Source | Journal of Research in Personality, 1997, Vol. 31, 21 - 33. |
URL | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092656697921620 |
Investigation |
Public | University employees, Pennsylvania, USA, 1996 |
Collect period | 1996 |
Survey name | Unnamed study |
| Own survey: 'University of Pennsylvania work-life questionnaire' |
Sample | Non-probability accidental sample |
| Respondents volunteered in participating in the survey |
Respondents N = | 135 |
| 61 respondents were not included in the analysis because they did not fill out the questionnaire correctly.
- respondents were 76 (out of 130)employees of a major state university student health service, and 162 (out of 283) non-faculty employees of a small liberal arts college (total 238 of 413 employees) who volunteered to complete the questionnaire. Only respondents working at least 35 or more hours per week were retained, leaving a total of 196 respondents.
- 79% female
- mean age 42 (range 21-69)
- income: <$25000/year 39%; $25.000-34.999 28%; $35.000-49.999 18%; $50.000-74.999 13%; $>75.000 3%
- Occupational status: the scale ranges from 0-100, and respondents were divided into levels by increments of 10; therefore a respondent with an occupational status that scores 26 was assigned to the 3rd occupational level.
Distribution: level 3: 3%; level 4: 19%; level 5: 12%; level6: 34%; level 7: 29%; level 8: 2%; level 9: 2% |
Non Response | Not available |
Assesment | Questionnaire: paper |
Happiness measure(s) used |