Factor-analytic Reanalysis of Studies of Job Satisfaction and Morale
Factor-analytic Reanalysis of Studies of Job Satisfaction and Morale

Author: Edward E. Cureton

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Published: 1960

Total Pages: 58

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This is one of four papers reporting development of scales for measuring morale among Air Force personnel. Data from published reports of six previously developed scales were reanalyzed and the results compared with those for the scales developed in this project. Factor analyses show nearly all the scales with high loadings on the first centroid factor, indicating a large general factor, termed morale or general attitude tow the organization. The one consistent separate factor was Supervision. Variation of other factors from study to study is attributed in part to differences in attitude structuring among the various samples of workers, but in larger part to differences in the content and organization of the particular scales used. The report includes a discussion of special problems in factoring small matrices.

Dimensions of Airman Morale
Dimensions of Airman Morale

Author: Edward E. Cureton

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Published: 1960

Total Pages: 86

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In an attempt to determine and measure aspects of airman morale, 167 questionnaire items were assembled and administered to a thousand airmen. By cluster and factor-analytic techniques, eight scales were derived, one of them defined as a measure of General Morale. Three of the scales are independent of each other, but closely related to the General Morale Scale; satisfaction with the Air Force as a whole, with Management and Communication, and with the Unit and its Leadership. The remaining four scales are relatively independent of all other scales.

ASD Technical Note
ASD Technical Note

Author: United States. Air Force. Systems Command. Aeronautical Systems Division

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Published: 1961

Total Pages: 16

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The Status of Morale Measurement, 1959
The Status of Morale Measurement, 1959

Author: Gerald H. Whitlock (De author)

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Published: 1960

Total Pages: 40

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This review and critical analysis of attempts at morale measurement presents the first phase of an investigation aimed at developing an effective means for measuring morale among Air Force personnel. The uses of morale measures as predictors and as criteria are noted, and the implications of each usage for measurement are discussed. The problem of scale dimensionality is analyzed, and studies are cited demonstrating the confusion resulting from erroneous assumptions of unidimensionality. An analysis of low intercorrelations among diverse morale relevance emphasizes notions of dimensional relevance and concept relevance. A review of definitions of morale points out such problems as the equating of job satisfaction and morale, individual and group references, and definitions for which no measurement operations presently exist. The collection of methodologies and conceptualizations which, in effect, constitute the body of morale theory, is reviewed with particular attention to conclusions drawn from factor analysis. These results give a basis for a more exact and complete analysis of the dimensions of Air Force morale.