A PRELUDE TO JOB SATISFACTION Employee job satisfaction and retention has always been an issue to debate with regards to achieving a high level of productivity within an organization. Job satisfaction is best defined as a set of feelings and emotions employees associate with their work. It is an attitude which is inversely related to behaviors such as absenteeism and staff turnover. In theory‚ an organization with employees that display behaviors of high absenteeism and turnover as a result of
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JOB SATISFACTION AND DISSATISFACTION By Bambang Fahruddin‚ S.Pd Posted: May 29th‚ 2008 INTRODUCTION The discussion of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction is largely generated from the theories proposed by Maslow which is known with the so call “the needs theory” and Herzberg’s theory that is called “two-factor theory” or “hygiene theory”. Both job satisfaction and dissatisfaction are assumed critical for the organizations to manage since they absolutely affect the productivity as well as the
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evidence in previous research suggests that jobs that have high degree of skill variety‚ task significance‚ task identity‚ autonomy and feedback result in higher intrinsic rewards among job incumbents. The theory has been tested in recent studies conducted within contemporary work settings and the outcomes are still consistent with the prior findings (De Varo‚ et.al. 2001). All these research found that job incumbents tend to experience improved job performance resulting in positive internal reinforcement
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ISSN: 2235 -767X P.P. 94 - 102 JOB SATISFACTION AND MOTIVATION: WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCE AMONG THESE TWO? Tan Shen Kian Email: shenkian@yahoo.com Wan Fauziah Wan Yusoff Faculty of Technology Management and Business University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Email: fauziahy@uthm.edu.my Sivan Rajah Faculty of Technical and Vocational Education University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Email: schruti06@yahoo.com ABSTRACT M otivation and Job Satisfaction as the most discussed topic in
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The Review Of Job Satisfaction Deepakkumar N. Parmar Librarian at Lokniketan Institute‚ Ratanpur Abstract Job satisfaction represents one of the most complex areas facing today’s managers when it comes to managing their employees. Many studies have demonstrated an unusually large impact on the job satisfaction on the motivation of workers‚ while the level of motivation has an impact on productivity‚ and hence also on performance of business organizations. Unfortunately‚ in our
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Job Satisfaction in The Work Place In today ’s job market‚ faithfulness to any organization depends on an individual ’s attitude towards his/her company or employer as it pertains to job satisfaction. According to Locke‚ job satisfaction by definition is "[ a] pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one ’s job or job experience". Locke then goes on to define the definition by saying job satisfaction stems from " feeling and cognition" (Locke 1976). What we
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Session Objectives • To understand attitudes‚ their components and how they affect our behaviours • Compare and contrast the major job attitudes. • Define job satisfaction and show how it can be measured. • Summarize the main causes of job satisfaction. Attitudes are evaluative statements- either favourable or unfavourable- about objects‚ people or events. Jung’s definition of attitude is a "readiness of the psyche to act or react in a certain way" (Jung‚ [1921] Most attitudes are the result
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International Differences in Intrinsic and Extrinsic Job Quality Characteristics and Worker Satisfaction‚ 1989-2005 Jonathan H. Westover‚ Ph.D. Director of Academic Service Learning Assistant Professor of Management Woodbury School of Business Utah Valley University 800 W. University Parkway‚ MS-119 Orem‚ UT 84058-5999‚ USA. Abstract In this research‚ I apply and extend Handel’s (2005) model for understanding job characteristics and job satisfaction in the context of a changing global environment
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©Trans-Atlantic College‚ London 2005 Motivation and Job Satisfaction Written by Dr Prince Efere – for Trans-Atlantic College‚ London Contents of this Paper 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Introduction Frederick Winslow Taylor – Scientific Management Elton Mayo – Hawthorne Experiments Abraham Maslow – Hierarchy of Needs Clayton Alderfer – ERG Theory Douglas McGregor - Theory X and Theory Y W. Ouchi – Theory Z Frederick Hertzberg – Hygiene Theory David C. McClelland -
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ANALYSIS S T Preeti LONG HOURS‚ HUNDREDS OF E-MAILS‚ AND NO SLEEP: DOES THIS SOUND LIKE A SATISFYING JOB? The definition of job satisfaction can be broadly stated as the positive feeling about a job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics. In this case‚ we have seen three different people‚ in different kinds of job‚ who are truly satisfied with their job. 1. Do you think only certain individuals are attracted to these type of jobs or is it the characteristics of the job themselves
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