Comparison of Pearson correlation coefficients of degree of felt appreciation with appreciation from the superior and from colleagues, job satisfaction, and organizational identification by country
| Germany (n = 467) | US (n = 456) | Comparison | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| r | z | r | z | SE | Δ z | p | |
| Appreciation from superior | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.58 | 0.55 | 0.07 | −1.33 | 0.09 |
| Appreciation from colleagues | 0.40 | 0.28 | 0.46 | 0.35 | 0.07 | −1.06 | 0.14 |
| Job satisfaction | 0.39 | 0.27 | 0.40 | 0.28 | 0.07 | −0.19 | 0.42 |
| Organizational identification | 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.37 | 0.25 | 0.07 | −0.45 | 0.33 |
| Germany ( | US ( | Comparison | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appreciation from superior | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.58 | 0.55 | 0.07 | −1.33 | 0.09 |
| Appreciation from colleagues | 0.40 | 0.28 | 0.46 | 0.35 | 0.07 | −1.06 | 0.14 |
| Job satisfaction | 0.39 | 0.27 | 0.40 | 0.28 | 0.07 | −0.19 | 0.42 |
| Organizational identification | 0.34 | 0.22 | 0.37 | 0.25 | 0.07 | −0.45 | 0.33 |
Note(s): The degree of felt appreciation is the importance of appreciation subtracted from the appreciation received; the initial correlations with the degree of felt appreciation are significant on a level of p < 0.001