Figure 8-3 Model 3b
The process of interpreting the new EPA construct is discussed in some detail in
Section 7.6 above. The EPA construct consists of the indicators:
I am generally satisfied with my job (ME1)
I enjoy going to work (ME3)
My job provides me with positive social status (ME6)
I am emotionally attached to the company (AOC2)
I am satisfied with the daily work tasks (JS1)
The dominant presence in the EPA construct is the three Work Meaning indicators
(ME1, ME3 and ME6), so it could be argued that EPA is a work meaning construct
with (i) an additional job satisfaction component (JS1 ‘daily task satisfaction’ in
addition to ME ‘general work satisfaction’) and (ii) an affective commitment
component (AOC2). However, the affective commitment component does not
relate in any way to Wollack et al.’s (1971) conceptualisation of work meaning
from which the Work Meaning construct in this research is drawn (see Section
5.1).
The most straightforward common factor linking these indicators was their
common relation to the broader theme of Employee Attitudes, the domain of the
organising framework to which the original JS, ME and AOC constructs belong
(see Figure 8 - 1 ) and, accordingly, the new construct was identified as Employee
Positive Attitudes (EPA).