A Longitudinal Investigation of Factors Mediating the Participative Decision Making Job Satisfaction Linkage.

Longitudinal data from blue-collar maintenance personnel and utility engineers were used to identify the plausible mediators between participative decision making (PDM) and job satisfaction (JS). Covariance structure analysis was also performed on the data. Role ambiguity, perceived obstacles, and performance-reward expectancy were found to mediate between PDM and JS. (TJH)