Life Cycles and Communication Satisfaction: Do "Disco Kids" Make More Satisfied Employees?

Autor/inn/en	White, Kim; DeWine, Sue
Titel	Life Cycles and Communication Satisfaction: Do "Disco Kids" Make More Satisfied Employees?
Quelle	(1987), (27 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Age; Communication Research; Communication Skills; Cultural Influences; Employee Attitudes; Employer Employee Relationship; Individual Characteristics; Interpersonal Relationship; Job Satisfaction; Organizational Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Alter; Lebensalter; Kommunikationsforschung; Kommunikationsstil; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit
Abstract	A study examined how age and the period of adolescence affect communication satisfaction and other organizational variables. Psychological and sociological profiles suggest that there should be differences between three age groups: "Traditionalist," individuals whose adolescence took place during the late 1950s; "New Breed," individuals whose adolescence occurred in the late 1960s; and "Disco Kids," whose adolescence was during the early 1970s. The International Communication Association National and Regional Data Bank was used as a source of demographic, communication satisfaction, job satisfaction, and information adequacy data gathered through communication audits of over 6,000 people in more than 40 organizations over a nine-year period. Analysis of variance was conducted among the three age groups on the scales measuring levels of satisfaction. Results showed significant differences between the age groups regarding satisfaction with organizational outcomes and relationships. In all cases, "New Breed" individuals appeared to be harder to satisfy in terms of their jobs and work relationships, while "Disco Kids" appeared to have a greater chance of being satisfied. The findings suggest that organizational leaders and researchers need to examine environmental factors as well as individual traits when attempting to understand what contributes to perceptions of communication and job satisfaction and information adequacy. (FL)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC