116 CHAPTER- IV SECTION-I JOB SATISFACTION 4.1 INTRODUCTION Human Resource Management is considered to be the most valuable asset in any organization. It is the sum-total of inherent abilities‚ acquired knowledge and skills represented by the talents and aptitudes of the employed persons who comprise of executives‚ supervisors‚ and the rank and file employees. It may be noted here that human resources should be utilized to the maximum possible extent‚ in order to achieve individual
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What is Job Satisfaction? Job satisfaction has been defined as a pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job‚an affective reaction to one’s job and an attitude towards one’s job. Job satisfaction is an attitude but points out that researchers should clearly distinguish the objects of cognitive evaluation which are affect emotion‚beliefs and behaviours.This definition suggests that we form attitudes towards our jobs by taking into account our feelings‚ our
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influenced by motivation and job satisfaction The term relates to the total relationship between an individual and the employer for which he is paid. Satisfaction does mean the simple feeling state accompanying the attainment of any goal; the end state is feeling accompanying the attainment by an impulse of its objective. Job satisfaction does mean absence of motivation at work. Research workers differently described the factors contributing o job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction. The
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Job Satisfaction subject: Org. Behavior Do people really like their jobs? Definitely‚ everyone knows from the news about dissatisfied workers going on strike or even acting violently toward their supervisors‚ directors‚ but overall people are quite satisfied with their jobs. According to the surveys percentage of satisfied people averages in the US is about 85 percent. The feelings‚ reflecting attitudes toward one’s job‚ are known as job satisfaction. Settings‚ related to the personnel job satisfaction
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CHAPTER 01 INTRODUCTION Job satisfaction refers to an employees general affective evaluation of his or her job. Spector defines the concept more simply as “how people feel about their jobs and different aspects of their jobs” (1997‚ 2). He also considers it as a “related constellation of attitudes about various aspects or facets of the job” (Spector 1997‚ 2). The organizations should be concerned about their employees level of job satisfaction? Employee satisfaction increases employee retention
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Job satisfaction is a term‚ which refers to an individual’s general attitude towards his or her job. A person with a high level of job satisfaction holds positive attitudes towards the job‚ while a person who is dissatisfied with his or her job holds negative attitudes about the job. When people speak of employee attitudes‚ often they mean job satisfaction. Organization is a very vital place for an employee‚ where he or she can show their performance. Besides‚ the performance of every employee also
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AND SOCIAL SCIENCES www.ijbmss-ng.com International Journal of Business‚ Management and Social Sciences Vol. 2‚ No. 1‚ 2011‚ pp. 24-32 © 2011 MultiCraft Limited. All rights reserved The influence of leadership styles on employees’ job satisfaction in public sector organizations in Malaysia M.L. Voon1*‚ M.C. Lo2‚ K.S. Ngui1‚ N.B. Ayob2 1 School of Business and Design‚ Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak‚ MALAYSIA 2 Faculty of Business and Economics‚ University of Malaysia
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Measuring job satisfaction: The definition of job satisfaction is a positive feeling about a job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics. A job is more than just shuffling papers‚ writing programming code‚ waiting on customers. Job requires interacting with co-workers and bosses‚ following organizations rules and policies‚ meeting performance standards‚ and the like. The two approaches to this study are popular. The single global rating is a response to one question‚ such as “all
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Job Satisfaction Essay In the following essay I will discuss how I motivate myself and others to be productive. Further I will also describe how I keep myself satisfied in my job. In my current work environment I am a construction Project Coordinator‚ which a step below a Project Manager. My present duties are mainly administrative in nature‚ and require the coordination of activities under the supervision of a Project Manager. The construction industry is booming in British Columbia
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individual behaviour. That concept may be attitudes‚ job satisfaction‚ personality‚ values‚ perceptions‚ emotions and moods‚ or motivation. Recently‚ there is a widely debate on whether a happy employee is a productive employee‚ which indicates that people pay an increasing attention on individual’s feelings or satisfaction on their job. The key issues are that what are the causes of job satisfaction‚ how important is it and how to improve job satisfaction of employees‚ especially by managers. To understand
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