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International Journal of Human Resource Management and Research (IJHRMR) ISSN 2249-6874 Vol. 2 Issue 4 Dec - 2012 45-58 © TJPRC Pvt. Ltd.,

A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ON THE CONCEPT AND VARIABLES OF JOB SATISFACTION
SHWETA LALWANI Assistant Professor, School of Management, Sir Padampat Singhania University, Udaipur (India)

ABSTRACT
The Paper reviews and clusters the literature on “Job Satisfaction”. It focuses on its research studies on understanding of the concept, various factors influencing it and proposes directions for future research.

KEYWORDS: Job Satisfaction, achievement, factors to Job Satisfaction, affiliation need, rewards, autonomy, work environment, organizational commitment, attitudes, leadership style, turnover, absenteeism , tools of Measurement, Job Descriptive Index, theories of Job Satisfaction, task performance.

INTRODUCTION
Job Satisfaction is determined by how well outcomes meet or exceed expectations. It represents several related attitudes and is an emotional response to a job situation. Various factors contribute to satisfaction pertaining to a job ranging from personal to work and organizational factors. Much of its nature, consequences and factors have been propagated in theories and several research studies. The paper gives a comprehensive review of studies made in the area and throws light on future areas for further research.

DEFINING JOB SATISFACTION
Hoppock (1935, p. 47) defined job satisfaction as “any combination of psychological, physiological, and environmental circumstances that causes a person truthfully to say, ‘I am satisfied with my job’. Many scholars have measured the level of job satisfaction. . Locke (1969, 1976) defined job satisfaction as "a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one 's job or job experiences". Graham (1982, p. 68) defined Job satisfaction as "the measurement of one 's total feelings and attitudes towards one 's job". Job satisfaction is the

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