CHAPTER 3 VALUES‚ ATTITUDES‚ AND JOB SATISFACTION "Regardless of which studies you choose to look at‚ when American workers are asked if they are satisfied with their jobs‚ the results tend to be very similar: Between 70 and 80 percent report they’re satisfied with their jobs" (p. 61). 1 "How does one explain these findings? … Because people are likely to seek jobs that provide a good person-job fit‚ reports of high satisfaction shouldn’t be totally surprising. Second‚ based on our knowledge of
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Emotional Intelligence and Job Satisfaction September 20 2010 - Research from the University of Haifa found that employees with high levels of emotional intelligence are more dedicated and satisfied at work. The study surveyed 809 employees and managers in two public sector organizations and two private companies‚ examining the influence of emotional intelligence on factors such as organizational politics‚ work attitudes‚ formal and informal behavior‚ feelings of justice‚ and burnout. The study
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Target Company Selection Process The target company we decided on for our financial analysis is General Electric. At first we were looking at Starbucks‚ as it is a rapidly growing multinational corporation‚ but after some research we discovered that the earnings per share growth of Starbucks is 40.2%. Therefore Starbucks did not meet the requirement set at 50% EPS growth to be considered a truly “rapidly growing company”. We then continued our research and were able to find that General Electric
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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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Between Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions Lap Luu California State University‚ Long Beach Keith Hattrup San Diego State University The relationship between job satisfaction and turnover is important due to the extensive costs of turnover in most organizations. Unfortunately‚ little is known about how cultural differences at the national level‚ such as differences in uncertainty avoidance (UA) and individualism/collectivism (I/C)‚ moderate the relationship between job attitudes and job withdrawal
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Work-Life Balance‚ Workplace Bullying‚ Pay Satisfaction and Reward on Job Satisfaction - A Literature Review 1.Introduction Factors which influence job satisfaction is a topic commonly investigated in organisational research‚ presumably for its intrinsic association with vast amount of key employee behaviours‚ including intention to quit‚ absenteeism‚ motivation and job performance (Hofmans et al. 2013). Job satisfaction is defined as a physiological state resulting
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Minimizing Employee Turnover in a Clinical Environment by Creating Job Satisfaction Allison Johnson Cornerstone University Abstract A collection of peer-reviewed articles were used to examine the link between job satisfaction and employee turnover‚ as well as how to effectively use work motivation to decrease employee turnover rates. Though the literature surveys various types of studies in multiple settings‚ overall it indicates that
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on Exploration of Job Satisfaction: A Gender Prospective of Private University Faculty Members Submitted By Aunonno Chowdhury (I.D. # 2008-3-70-043) Md. Arafat Siddiqui (I.D. # 2009-1-70-014) Md. Abu Kawsar Sarker (I.D. # 2010-3-70-017) Md. Fahmidur Rahman (I.D. # 2008-3-70-039) [Group – VII] Submitted To Asheek Mohammad Shimul Adjunct Faculty Department of Social Sciences East West University Submission Date 19/12/2012 Exploration of Job Satisfaction: A Gender Prospective
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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. Positive outlook and backup from HR helps modify behaviour resulting in higher performance levels. 1.2 Measures of job satisfaction Unlike other psychometric
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