title: Comparison of the job attitudes and interest patterns of air traffic and airway facility personnel.
abstract: Air traffic control specialists (ATCSs) and airway facility technicians (AFTs) were compared on measures of job attitudes and interests. A total of 792 ATCs and 2,366 AFTs completed the Strong Vocational Interest Blank (SVIB) and questionnaires concerning job satisfaction and job attitudes. Both groups indicated high overall job satisfaction and general agreement about areas of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. However, ATCSs. On the SVIB, ATCSs had higher scores than AFTs on scales concerned with interpersonally oriented vocations (e. g. social service, sales) and lower scores on technical-scientific occupational scales. The findings suggest that these two employee groups have many common attitudes toward work while at the same time having certain discriminable characteristics that have implications for both personnel and motivational programs.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D001359:Aviation; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009042:Motivation; D009790:Occupations; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits