Sources of Job Dissatisfaction Ideals Versus Realities in Planning
- 31 December 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the American Planning Association
- Vol. 48 (4) , 481-495
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01944368208976819
Abstract
This study discusses explanations for planner job dissatisfaction. Such dissatisfaction was found to relate to the hierarchy of organizational needs (i.e., existence, relatedness, growth) of planners in practice. Dissonance in planner roles and incongruence with life values best explain why planners become dissatisfied in their work.Keywords
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