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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Modern Applied Science; Vol. 6‚ No. 7; 2012 ISSN 1913-1844 E-ISSN 1913-1852 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Job Satisfaction of Faculty Members of Universities in Pakistan: A Case Study of University of Sindh-Jamshoro Anwar Ali Shah G. Syed1‚ Nadeem Bhatti2‚ Sabir Michael3‚ Faiz M. Shaikh4 & Hina Shah5 1 2 3 4 5 Business Administration & Pro-Vice Chancellor‚ University of Sindh‚ Jamshoro‚ Pakistan Head of Faculty‚ North American College‚ Toronto‚ Ontario‚ Canada PAF
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01. Overview of job satisfaction Importance of employee satisfaction took great interest from researchers and management of organizations because it has its own influences upon an employee’s social as well as professional life. According to Mitchell and Larson (1987) job satisfaction cannot be defined properly in to several statements‚ they experienced more than 3000 studies upon the job satisfaction and after that they commented. Lock (1976) placed a definition of job satisfaction which is admired
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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 that are satisfying? When we talk about
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explanations for Job Satisfaction Introduction Nowadays job satisfaction is considered to be the one of the most complex and significant issues of organizational behavior. The companies are interested in such researches‚ because in modern world with its rapidly changing economic situation the human resources become the organization’s key asset. And during the last years this issue attracts more and more attention of employers‚ as the different surveys proved that low level of job satisfaction can result
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The Effect of Gender on Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment in Kuwait Rastied Al-Ajmi Kuwait University‚ Kuwait This study explored the effect of gender on employees perception of job satisfaction and organizational commitment in Kuwait. The study was conducted on 436 employees (213 females and 223 males) in five Kuwaiti government ministries. The author wondered whether Kuwaiti females are‚ at least‚ as committed and satisfied with their jobs when compared with their male counterparts
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The relationship between Job Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment in organizations By Hanan Yosrey Mohamed Research Methodology Paper Submitted to the Management Department At the Faculty of Management Technology The German University in Cairo Student registration number: 25-2329 Group number: T-03 Date: Monday April 28th‚ 2014 Supervisor: Dr. Sherwat Elwan Name of TA: Monica Labib 1. Methodology Research gap A large part of the success in the industrial and managerial
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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 suggests job satisfaction is a general
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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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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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