Unit 2- What Factors Are Most Important to Your Job Satisfaction? Kaplan University School of Business and Management MT302 Organizational Behavior Author: Kedner Poux Professor: Sapham Perez Date: October 27‚ 2012 Everyone has their own way to express their satisfaction about their employee‚ however‚ job Satisfaction‚ according to Williams J.‚ is defined as "the extent to which people like (satisfaction) or dislike (dissatisfaction) their jobs" (Spector‚ 1997‚ p. 2). This definition
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factors to job satisfaction Joseph Green MT302-Organizational Behavior December 7‚ 2012 According to Robbins and Judge (2011)‚ job satisfaction is a positive feeling about a job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics. The most important factors to job satisfaction in my work environment are: 1. Compensation/pay 2. Feeling safe in the work environment 3. Job security 4. Benefits 5. Relationship with co-workers 6. Career
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Summary In today’s competitive world an employee satisfaction is very important for companies as a satisfied employee would produce more which in turn would give better benefits to the company. Job satisfaction is closely related to motivation level of the employees which depends on many factors such as monetary and non monetary benefits‚ working environment‚ co-workers‚ nature of the job etc.‚ when all these factors are kept in proper levels the employee satisfaction level increases or remain maintained
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FACTORS AFFECTING JOB DESIGN Job design is affected by organizational‚ environmental and behavioral factors. A properly designed job will make it more productive and satisfying .If a job fails on this count‚ it must be redesigned based on the feedback. The various factors affecting job design are the following Organizational factors Organizational factors include characteristics of task‚ work flow‚ ergonomics and work practices. Characteristics of Task: Job design requires the assembly
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When it comes to finding a satisfied job or getting a decent position in the future careers‚ especially for those who are young and ambitious‚ different people have different considerations. Financial gains‚ the realization of self-value and the potential development of that field can all affect the decision of the particular person. Some people claim that financial gains should be the first thing to concern about in choosing a career‚ while I strongly dis agree with this point. Admittedly‚ financial
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Factors that influence job design‚ hiring‚ training and performance appraisals that supervisors must take into account. Staff members are required to perform a clear set of job activities that are designed to accomplish organizational objectives (Lewis‚ Packard‚ & Lewis‚ 2007). There are two considerations that should be taken into account when designing specific staff roles. The first consideration is that the job will need to be designed to meet accomplishment of program objectives‚ satisfaction
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behavior‚ which form these resources‚ influence employee performance. It is a key factor in realizing organizational and individual goals that in turn greatly depends on individual’s self-motivation and job satisfaction. 1.1 What is job satisfaction? Job satisfaction is one’s attitude towards his job (positive or negative). Satisfaction in work and the work environment is the basic constituent of employee job satisfaction. Employee attitudes and values influence their behaviour
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Introduction What are the factors that affect Job satisfaction‚ to understand this question in extend‚ we must first understand what “Job Satisfaction” is. Job satisfaction as by Archnahr (2006) is “One’s attitude towards his or her job‚ whether Positive or Negative.” If looked into more details‚ Lawrence K. Jones (2011) States that there are different kind of job satisfaction‚ which is “Intrinsic” and “Extrinsic” Job satisfaction‚ Intrinsic job satisfaction is when workers only consider
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between Facets of Job Satisfaction and Task and Contextual Performance EDWARDS JOB SATISFACTIONLtd Original UK ET Association PERFORMANCE XXX © International 0269-994X Applied APPS ArticlesAL. Oxford‚ Psychology Blackwell Publishing AND for Applied Psychology‚ 2008 Bryan D. Edwards* Auburn University‚ USA Suzanne T. Bell* DePaul University‚ USA Winfred Arthur‚ Jr.* and Arlette D. Decuir* Texas A&M University‚ USA This study examined the relationship between job satisfaction
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Job satisfaction Job satisfaction is a multifaceted construct with a variety of definitions and related concepts‚ which has been studied in a variety of disciplines for many years to now. Many theories and articles of interest to managers‚ social psychologist‚ and scholars‚ focus on job satisfaction because most people spend their life-time for work‚ and understanding of the factors that increase satisfaction is important to improve the well-being of individuals in this facet of the living (Gruneberg
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