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This study is the five product investigation years in those which were evaluated 4000 civil aviation
pilots to those which were applied to him psychological and medical tests in order to find a
psychological profile that indicated a personality "Model", after an exhaustive analysis was found
that it does not exist a personality only that identify to the civil aviation pilots but it could be
observed that were existing several groups of pilots that were sharing a set of defined and similar
characteristics therefore was made a qualitative and statistic analysis to identify five groups of
persons, the Psycho-aerotypes.
3132.3 Deconstructing the current construction of the ‘meaning of work’, Bill Puplampu,
University of Ghana, Ghana
This paper examines the meaning of Work (MOW) concept and suggests that it is ill defined and
poorly operationalized. Conceptually and operationally, Mow must be kept distinct from several
constructs such as job involvement, work values, work attitudes' that are being used
interchangeably with it. Mow could be conceived of as an abstract, but abiding belief about work
and its origin. This paper contends that MOW is not a motivational concept: unlike equity or
hierarchy, it may not be possible to predict work effort/behaviour from the articulated MOW of a
person or group. Implications for research are discussed.
3132.4 Application of the person-environment (P-E) fit model to stress in tabriz teachers & its
reflection on their physical & psychological disorders, Mirtaghy Garooci Farshi, Iran
The Purpose of this Study was to evaluate P-E Fit model to stress & its reflection to physical &
psychological disorder. Subjects were 986 teachers with means age & years of service respectively
37.46 & 16.84 selected randomly & completed a self-administered questionnaire concerning P-E
& Job Stress. Additionally, 196 principals completed questionnaires about these teachers. The
result indicated there were significant differences between demographic factors such as gender,
education, marital status, age, years of service & salary with stress & stress reflection on physical
& psychological disorders. P-E Unfit had considerably effect on stress & its physiological &
psychological consequences.
3133 ORAL
Industrial/organizational psychology
Chair: Anthony Harold Winefield, Australia
3133.1 Job Satisfaction in Australian University Staff, Anthony Harold Winefield, Anthony
Winefield, Carolyn Boyd, Con Stough, Nicole Gillespie, Australia
Recent studies show that job satisfaction is related to organisational outcomes, including
performance, injuries, and absence from work. A survey of Australian universities found that
despite high levels of occupational stress, job satisfaction was moderately high, although higher
among non-academics, than among academics. Of 15 job facets, most non-academics expressed
dissatisfaction with only two: chance of promotion, and university management. Academics, in
addition expressed dissatisfaction with hours of work and rate of pay. Satisfaction was higher
among academics at the older, richer, universities. The results are interpreted in relation to
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