The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between perceptions of organizational politics and job satisfaction. This research also deeply investigates the variables that moderate the perceptions of organizational politics-. These variables are understanding, control, locus of control, type A personality and the tenure working for supervisor. The objects of this research are public and privacy organizations. The sample consisted of 1643 employees selected from diverse organizations. The data was analyzed by statistical methods are descriptive statistic, t-test, ANOVA, correlation analysis, factor analysis, reliability analysis, regression analysis and hierarchical regression analysis. The major results of this study are as following: The perceptions of organizational politics were found have a negative relationship with satisfaction. This finding also indicated that understanding and control moderated the relationship between the perceptions of organizational politics and job satisfaction. However, locus of control, type A personality and tenure working for supervisor don¡¦t have moderate effect in the relationship between perceptions of organizational politics and job satisfaction.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Florida, 2009. / Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 64 pages. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Proefschrift--Amsterdam. / "Tituli librorum qui in hac dissertatione citari sunt aut ad idem argumentum spectant": p. [188]-192. The author's "Theses" ([4] p.) are inserted in this copy.

Diss. (sammanfattning). Uppsala : Sveriges lantbruksuniv.

Habilitation--Universität Mannheim, 1999/2000. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-579) and index.

International Relations theory includes realist concepts of sovereign nation-states interacting in an anarchic world as they rationally determine their own national interests based upon ever-changing competition for power. In this interplay for power, nation-states may affect each other politically, economically, ideologically or militarily. This thesis focuses on effects of U.S. foreign policy and U.S. intervention in Guatemala in the time period surrounding the Guatemalan Revolution (1944-1954), with its "liberation" in 1954, and then into the early 1960s as the Guatemalan state began to be militarized. In this thesis I will answer the following question: How did the United States affect the sovereign nation of Guatemala, through economic policy, Cold War rationale, and military operations and thereby contribute to and facilitate the establishment of the nature of the Guatemalan counterinsurgency state? Through historically documented and officially acknowledged events an assessment will be made as to how these three elements singularly and also collectively influenced the internal workings of the Guatemalan state.

Although many people experiences dissatisfaction with their jobs at some time or another, not all of them quit their jobs because of it. Why do some employees simply continue to work in an unsatisfying environment? In this study, it is hypothesized that part of the reason is based on the individual's personality, specifically their scores on positive and negative affectivity. Results showed that neither NA nor PA moderated the relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intentions/job search, contrary to previous literature. This study suggests that the moderation effect of personality on this relationship, either does not exist or is more complicated than formerly thought.

No description available.

Who uses the forage resources under a communal land tenure system? Using data from a Mexican Indian community with a history of communal land tenure extending prior to the Conquest, the research explores and attempts to answer this question. The analysis is based on 1970 socio-economic data for 533 households, secondary sources, and 1987 field observations in a community of Zapotec farmers in the State of Oaxaca, Mexico. The factors influencing who uses the communal resources include livestock ownership, wealth ranking, migration history, and participation in the local labor market. Although all members of the community have the right to graze animals on the commons, only a fraction of the wealthier households exercise this right. Consequently grazing pressure is minimized (reduced) compared to the potential grazing pressure that otherwise would be exerted if all the members of the community were to exercise their rights to use the forage resources at the same time.

published_or_final_version / Housing Management / Master / Master of Housing Management