Previous research has shown that organizational level is significantly related to need satisfactions, self-perceptions, and contrasting definitions of career success. In the present study it is demonstrated that organizational level is also correlated significantly with three job attitudes, namely, interest in work innovation, job motivation, and willingness to disagree with supervisors. It is not associated significantly with acceptance of job changes and identification with the organization. Ss were 237 government employees.
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