The moderating effect of soldiers' race was examined for responses to valences and instrumentalities of outcomes, as well as satisfaction, reported effort, and intention to reenlist. Subjects were 218 white and 54 black soldiers. Results tended to confirm previous findings regarding generally more positive responses by blacks than whites and of a tendency for extrinsic factors to be more salient for blacks than whites. However, the findings clearly indicated that over-all job satisfaction is most strongly related to perceived performance-outcome instrumentalities. This was equally true for both races and applied to both intrinsic and extrinsic outcomes.
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