ABSTRACT
This chapter examines data relevant to the testing of the hypotheses concerning the effects of participation on persons' attitudes toward their jobs. These hypotheses are tested first using the measure of psychological participation. The general effects of psychological participation on attitudes toward the job are determined by intercor-relating people's measure of the former variable with attitude toward the job for the entire sample. The data are interpreted as meaning that the attitudes toward the job of low authoritarian persons and of persons with high independence needs are favorably affected by opportunities to participate in making decisions in their jobs. On the other hand, the attitudes of highly authoritarian individuals and of individuals with low independence needs are relatively unaffected by this experience. The magnitude of the differences between correlations, however, is slightly increased for need for independence and decreased for authoritarianism.
