How managers describe themselves in a job context
South African Journal of Business Management
| Field | Value | |
| Title | How managers describe themselves in a job context | |
| Creator | Strümpfer, D. J.W. | |
| Description | By means of self-report inventories, 163 White, male, English-speaking managers described their subjective experiences of job demands and their views of themselves as working people. The mean scores on the Jenkins Activity Survey (measuring Type A - B behaviour) were well above the means of high-scoring American samples. A factor analysis of all scores revealed four interpretable factors. 'Hard Managerial Work' reflected a heavy work load, long hours worked, high utilization of abilities, high participation, and Type A behaviour, with emphasis on hard-driving competitiveness, and role clarity - but all of these experienced rather positively. Another positive factor, 'Individualistic Dedication', reflected high job involvement, full utilization of abilities and low role conflict - more as a matter of personal participation than of reaction to demands. 'Subjective Distress' reflected exhaustion, role conflict, absence of friendliness, joylessness and Type A behaviour, with an emphasis on the rushed aspect of speed and impatience. The second negative factor, 'Vulnerability', reflected high levels of social support from superiors and co-workers, need for role clarity, joylessness, and low personality hardiness. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 1983-06-30 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/sajbm.v14i2.1140 | |
| Source | South African Journal of Business Management; Vol 14, No 2 (1983); 45-52 2078-5976 2078-5585 | |
| Language | eng | |
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