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Whistle While You Work: Job Satisfaction and Retirement from the U.S. House
Samuel H. Fisher,Rebekah Herrick +1 more
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In this paper, the authors used a direct measure of job satisfaction to demonstrate that job satisfaction does have a significant independent effect on congressional retirement and that a Congress that keeps its members happy will have greater retention and will keep its best members.Abstract:
The literature analyzing the effects of job satisfaction on congressional retirement has been inconclusive. The problem with this literature is its reliance on indirect measures of job satisfaction. We use a direct measure of job satisfaction to demonstrate that job satisfaction does have a significant independent effect on congressional retirement. The findings imply that the indirect measures of job satisfaction measure frustration as opposed to job dissatisfaction, a conceptually different variable. The fact that members' job satisfaction affects their career length suggests that a Congress that keeps its members happy will have greater retention and will, presumably, keep its best members.read more
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Behavior in organizations : understanding and managing the human side of work / Jerlad Greenberg and Robert A. Baron
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide future managers with information about human beings and their behaviour within the context of a business environment, including issues such as how to motivate people, how to give them feedback on their performance and how to influence them.
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Becoming a Candidate: Political Ambition and the Decision to Run for Office
TL;DR: For instance, this paper studied the role of early socialization, early socialisation, role of family, and political ambition in the decision to run for office and found that political ambition is correlated with political success.
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Job Satisfaction, Retirement Attitude and Intended Retirement Age: A Conditional Process Analysis across Workers’ Level of Household Income
Eleanor M.M. Davies,Beatrice van der Heijden,Beatrice van der Heijden,Beatrice van der Heijden,Matt Flynn +4 more
TL;DR: It is argued that utmost care must be taken around the conditions under which lower income employees will continue their work when getting older in order to protect their sustainable employability.
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Will She Stay or Will She Go? Career Ceilings and Women's Retirement from the U.S. Congress
TL;DR: For example, this article found that women are less willing than men to remain in Congress when their ability to influence the legislative agenda stalls, indicating that women's representation is less promising than the conventional wisdom suggests.
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Strategic Retirements: The Influence of Public Preferences On Voluntary Departures from Congress
TL;DR: The authors argue that members of Congress consider their electoral vulnerability when deciding whether or not to seek reelection, informing their reelection odds with the same short-term electoral forces that influence election outcomes: partisan preferences, economic evaluations and congressional approval.
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Mail and telephone surveys : the total design method
Abstract: Develops a theoretically based system guided by principles of social exchange and administration that ensure high quality surveys at low cost. Presents step-by-step procedures and shows why each step is important. Contains many examples and, where appropriate, contrasts acceptable and unacceptable procedures.
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How to conduct your own survey
Priscilla Salant,Don A. Dillman +1 more
TL;DR: The Cornerstones of a Quality Survey: Deciding What Information You Need, Choosing a Survey Method, When and How to Select a Sample, Setting Your Survey in Motion and Getting It Done.
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Behavior in Organizations
TL;DR: Behavior in Organizations as discussed by the authors is a popular course for one-semester, undergraduate and graduate level courses in Organizational Behavior, focusing on the everyday processes and phenomena of organizational behavior.
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Behavior in organizations : understanding and managing the human side of work
Jerald Greenberg,Robert A. Baron +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide future managers with information about human beings and their behaviour within the context of a business environment, including issues such as how to motivate people, how to give them feedback on their performance and how to influence them.