tiononjobsatisfaction.Oneofthefirststudiesinthisarea(Staw&Ross,)demonstratedthataperson’sjobsatisfactionscoreshavestabilityovertime,evenwhenheorshechangesjobsorcompanies.Inarelatedstudy,childhoodtemperamentwasfoundtobestatisticallyrelatedtoadultjobsatisfactionuptoyearslater(Staw,Bell,&Clausen,).Evidenceevenindicatesthatthejobsatisfactionofidenticaltwinsrearedapartisstatisticallysimilar(seeArvey,Bouchard,Segal,&Abraham,).Althoughthisliteraturehashaditscritics(e.g.,Davis-Blake&Pfeffer,),anaccumulatingbodyofevidenceindicatesthatdifferencesinjobsatisfactionacrossemployeescanbetraced,inpart,todifferencesintheirdispositionortemperament(House,Shane,&Herold,).Despiteitscontributionstoourunder-standingofthecausesofjobsatisfaction,oneofthelimitationsinthisliteratureisthatitisnotyetinformativCarr,;Colihan和Saari,;Harter,Schmidt,和Hayes,)。
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