Chapter 12 illustrates this moderating influence with respect to “growth need strength,” the importance or desirability to an employee of intrinsic job features such as autonomy or variety. Research using a summary measure of job content in terms of “scope” (described in chap. 8) has shown that correlations between job scope and job satisfaction differ significantly as a function of growth need strength (e.g., Loher et. al., 1985): The association is stronger for employees who more value the job attributes in question than for those who less value those features.