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study which gives us some indication. In 1977 the Consumers Association

made a survey among a section of their members as to feelings on job

satisfaction. A proportion of the respondents (the exact figure is not

stated, but the total survey covered 24,363 persons) were clergymen,

and of those clergymen 58% said they were more than averagely satisfied

with their jobs, 86% would most likely choose the same occupation if

they had their working lives all over again, and 89% would most likely

carry on working even if they won £25O,OOO on the pools
(P13)
. All

those percentages came top of the respective tables, yet clergymen

were also bottom of the pay league table published in the same

survey. This study therefore appears to bear out our hypothesis

that at least with some jobs an inverse correlation may exist between

remuneration and job satisfaction. But care should be taken in inter-

preting these figures. First, the Consumers Association themselves

insert a 'small word of warning' intimating that their sample is not

typical of the population as a whole; second, we do not know enouqh

about the clergyman content to know how many were Church of England,

or Church of England from the Diocese of Bradford; and third, even if

correlation is established it does not necessarily follow that it is

linear .

         Whilst the above reasoning is theoretical - adopted for the pur-

pose of this study to emphasise the paucity of knowledge in this area

of diocesan finance - it does have some foundation in published research;

Lawler
(B19)
discussing the Model of the Determinants of Pay Satisfaction

says "a person's perception of what his pay should be is somewhat influ-

enced by the nonmonetary outcomes he receives from his job...some non-

pay outcomes can partially substitute for pay outcomes and that, because

of this, the number of other outcomes received can affect what a person

feels his pay should be. ... This aspect of the model can explain the

fact that some people are satisfied with their pay even though it is

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