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Work Centrality: A Meta-Analysis of the Nomological Network

Kostek, John A.

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2012, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Industrial-Organizational.
Work centrality is the belief regarding the value and importance of work in a person's life. This manuscript provides the results of a quantitative review of the antecedents and consequences of work centrality. An analysis of 95 independent samples, yielding 343 correlations, indicated that work centrality is strongly related to several personality and work related variables such as protestant work ethic (ρ = .41), organizational commitment (ρ = .42), intention to quit (ρ = -.38) and job satisfaction (ρ = .26). Moderator analysis revealed troubling findings regarding one commonly-used measure of work centrality. These concerns are addressed and recommendations are offered for future research.
Scott Highhouse, PhD (Committee Chair)
Steve Jex, PhD (Committee Member)
William O'Brien, PhD (Committee Member)
52 p.

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  • Kostek, J. A. (2012). Work Centrality: A Meta-Analysis of the Nomological Network [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1339525599

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Kostek, John. Work Centrality: A Meta-Analysis of the Nomological Network. 2012. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1339525599.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Kostek, John. "Work Centrality: A Meta-Analysis of the Nomological Network." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1339525599

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)