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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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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Job Satisfaction - Introduction The father of scientific management Taylor ’s (1911) approach to job satisfaction was based on a most pragmatic & essentially pessimistic philosophy that man is motivation by money alone. That the workers are essentially ’stupid & phlegmatic ’ & that they would be satisfied with work if they get higher economic benefit from it. But with the passage of time Taylor ’s solely monetary approach has been changed to a more humanistic approach. It has come a
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[pic] IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON JOB SATISFACTION OF LECTURERS OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT FACULTY OF UiTM (PERAK) AZMAWANIE BINTI AZMI NURLIYANA BINTI CHE ANOUR SARAH BINTI IDILFITRI SITI NUR FATIMAH BINTI MANAP FACULTY OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT DATE OF SUBMISSION: JULY 2013 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Our thanks go firstly to our beloved lecturer‚ Dr Hayati bin Jalal for all her words of wisdom‚ continuous support and encouragement for us
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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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DO SMALL BUSINESS MANAGERS INFLUENCE EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION AND COMMITMENT? HOW DO SMALL BUSINESS MANAGERS INFLUENCE EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION AND COMMITMENT? Janine Krüger: Department of Business Management‚ Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Chantal Rootman: Department of Business Management‚ Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Purpose: The purpose of this research is to scrutinise motivational factors that may influence the levels of satisfaction and commitment of small business employees. Problem
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Job satisfaction is the very important factor in general quality of life because it is closely connected with working life. There are many definitions of job satisfaction. According to Spector (1997‚ p.2) Job satisfaction is: “simply how people feel about their jobs and different aspects of their jobs. It is the extent to which people like or dislike their jobs. It can also be considered as a global feeling about the job”. Colquitt‚ Lepine and Wesson (2009‚ p.105) defined job satisfaction as “a pleasurable
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Questionnaire This paper is considered the difference between satisfaction level of APU’s international students living in 3 different types of accommodations‚ which are Endah Promenade‚ Vista and Fortune Park. 1. Nationality 2. Gender 3. Age ___________________ 1. Male 2. Female _______________________ 4. Which level do you study in APU? Foundation Level 1 Level 2 Level
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Nowadays‚ job satisfaction has become an important issue for workers since it closely relates to physical and mental well-being. In order to find out what makes work satisfying‚ Studs Terkel interviewed three workers about their jobs in 1974 and Ethan Winning did a survey about job satisfaction in 2004. According to their results and my observation‚ there are three main factors that affect the job satisfaction: Salary and special incentives from jobs‚ personal and professional growth opportunities
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Job satisfaction of nursing staff: integrative review ABSTRACT Job satisfaction consists of a feeling of wellbeing‚ resulting from the interaction of several occupational aspects‚ and may influence the worker’s relationship with the organization‚ clients and family. Hence‚ it becomes important for the quality of nursing care to reflect on this topic in depth. Therefore‚ this study aimed to examine the scientific evidence related to job satisfaction in Brazilian nursing. An integrative literature
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