Effects of Personal Values on the Relationship Between Participation and Job Attitudes.

Support for this research was provided by the Scanlon Plan Associates. The authors are indebted to Dr. Carl Frost who directed the collection of the data and Dr. Frank Schmidt for his help and consideration with the study. The moderating effects of individual values on the relationships between participation in decision making and job attitudes were investigated for a sample of 2,755 employees from six manufacturing organizations. The correlations between participation in decision making and job attitudes were consistently positive and significant for the total sample and within the different value subgroups. No support was obtained for the hypothesized moderating effects of values on the relationships between participation and job attitudes. Possible methodological weaknesses are discussed, as well as the implication of these and other negative findings on generalizing about individual differences moderating this relationship.'

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