Job satisfaction, productivity and personal history data for 49 government engineers and scientists are analyzed. Self-, peer, supervisor, and perceptual ratings of productivity are compared and lated to job satisfaction and personal history variables. Results indicate that supervisor and non-supervisor groups differ widely in perceptions of their productivity and that job satisfaction is related (for non-supervisor) to these perceptions rather than to more objective measures.
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