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The form of the relationship between job satisfaction and life satisfaction was examined through a profile analysis of subgroups of respondents. Survey respondents were classified as high on job satisfaction and life satisfaction, low on job satisfaction and life satisfaction or in two intermediate categories (low on one, high on the other). Results of discriminant analysis indicated that the four subgroups could be systematically characterized by different profiles. Prediction of the subgroup in which an individual would be classified, based on the profile, was not highly reliable, however.
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Near, J.P., Rice, R.W. & Hunt, R.G. Job satisfaction and life satisfaction: A profile analysis. Soc Indic Res 19, 383–401 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00300728
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