This study applied the Guttman Smallest Space Analysis to a correlation matrix of job satisfaction. 96 managers and professionals rated their job satisfaction on the basis of 10 items and an over-all criterion. It was found that items' configuration is a two-banded circumplex, where intrinsic items are grouped around the criterion and extrinsic items form a peripheral circle.
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