Jeanne M. Brett

Fritz Drasgow

This edited volume is derived from a conference held in honor of Charles Hulin's contribution to the psychology of work. His research has carefully developed and tested theory related to job satisfaction, withdrawal from work, and sexual harassment. Edited by Hulin's students, The Psychology of Work discusses research in job satisfaction. This research shows that job satisfaction plays an essential role in theories of organizational behavior. Formal models are used, such as item response theory, structural equation modeling, and computational models. Three general and consistent themes in Hulin's research are represented in this book's chapters. The first theme is a focus on broad, general constructs, such as job satisfaction. The virtue of this approach is that a wide range of behavior can be explained by a small number of variables. The second theme involves the examination of the antecedents and consequences of job satisfaction. This theme is increasingly important because it ties research on job attitudes and job behaviors where links are consistently found to social attitudes and behaviors where links are rarely found. The third theme consists of Hulin's interest in the use of formal models to characterize and understand behavior. This volume will be of interest to scholars and students in industrial/organizational psychology, human resources, organizational behavior, and management.

Theoretically Based Empirical Research

The Psychology of Work

Michael V. Levine

Esther Williams (A.)

Model Based Measurement Laboratory

Office of Naval Research

Appropriateness Measurement with Polychotomous Item Response Models and Standardized Indices/cFritz Drasgow, Michael V. Levine, Esther A. Williams

Charles L. Hulin

Charles K. Parsons

The measurement theories considered in this book fall into a sub-area of psychometrics. These theories are concerned with the specifications of rules for transforming individuals' responses to items on a psychological test or scale into estimates of the trait assumed to underlie the observable responses. Discussed is a particular class of measurement theories generally called item response theory or latent trait theory. This book is designed for those individuals involved in programs of applied testing and measurement whose efforts occasionally bring them into contact with the law and public policy.

Application to Psychological Measurement

Item Response Theory

Fritz Drasgow

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