MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES www.ijbmss-ng.com International Journal of Business‚ Management and Social Sciences Vol. 2‚ No. 1‚ 2011‚ pp. 24-32 © 2011 MultiCraft Limited. All rights reserved The influence of leadership styles on employees’ job satisfaction in public sector organizations in Malaysia M.L. Voon1*‚ M.C. Lo2‚ K.S. Ngui1‚ N.B. Ayob2 1 School of Business and Design‚ Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak‚ MALAYSIA 2 Faculty of Business and Economics‚ University of Malaysia
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Some job surveys indicate that older workers are more satisfied with their jobs than younger workers. The higher job satisfaction among older employees may be due to the perks that come with maintaining a long career‚ including higher salaries‚ better benefits and success in the workplace. Conference Board Survey A 2010 survey of 2‚900 people commissioned by the Conference Board research firm indicates that all Americans are increasingly unhappy with their jobs no matter their age. However‚ "Washington
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Job Design & Job Evaluation The purpose of job evaluation is to objectively determine the relative value of jobs within the University through a systematic study and detailed analysis of job duties‚ relationships and requirements. Jobs are evaluated by joint job evaluation committees using a modified Aiken Plan. This gender neutral point factor system is a universal plan which measures certain identifiable factors present in all jobs‚ but to varying degrees. The starting point for this process
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Job Enrichment Positive motivation is the key to job enrichment. Professor Frederick Herzberg’s two-factor theory suggests‚ “Individuals are motivated more by intrinsic aspects of work than by extrinsic rewards” (Noe et al. 110). These factors can be further defined as motivating and hygienic. Herzberg concludes that‚ “giving an employee the opportunity to utilize their ability is job enrichment” (Herzberg 1973). Intrinsic or motivating job factors include achievement‚ recognition‚ meaningful
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction - 1 - Purpose of the project - 1 - The history of Apple - 1 - Overview of Steve Jobs - 2 - Steve Jobs Traits & behaviors - 4 - Steve Jobs leadership STYLE - 8 - Directive - 8 - Charismatic - 9 - Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard Contingency - 12 - Transformational & Transactional Leader - 13 - Major traits & behavioral expectations of the followers - 14 - Appropriate & INAPPROPRIATENESS of the leadership style & the effectiveness
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Job creation should be America’s first priority‚ ahead of deficit reduction. The main reason that the economy is still under-preforming is because of lack of demand. Consumers are unable and unwilling to spend because they do not have the money. Without enough costumers‚ businesses will not create more jobs. Since the cost of borrowing is at such an all time low and our country’s infrastructure is so neglected‚ it makes sense to borrow more to put Americans to work to rebuild our nation. Big companies
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Attempting to understand the nature of job satisfaction and its effects on work performance is not easy. For at least 50 years industrial/organizational psychologists have been wrestling with the question of the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance. Researchers have put a considerable amount of effort into attempts to demonstrate that the two are positively related in a particular fashion: a happy worker is a good worker. Although this sounds like a very appealing idea‚ the results
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aims to recognize the job satisfaction level; regarding the Personnel Policies of university of Balochistan. Furthermore‚ the definition of the job satisfaction was defined by Spector in (1997) in following ways “How employees perceive about their jobs in different perceptions of their jobs”. Also the Sempane‚ Roodt & Rieger (2002) define‚ “Job satisfaction relates to people’s own evaluation of their jobs against those issues that are important to them”. Even though‚ the job satisfaction also create
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Application case 6-1 Job Analysis: Assistant Store Managers at Today’s Fashion Discussion Questions: 1. Critically evaluate the job analysis that Mary conducted for the position of assistant store manager. Has she appropriate methods? What are the strengths and weaknesses of her efforts? 2. What kinds of factors about Today’s Fashion and its operations should Mary have examined more seriously in order to improve her job analysis? 3. Carefully read the job description and job specification that Mary
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(1957)‚ Myer and Allen (1997). Job satisfaction and employees’ attitude have an effect to the capacity and productivity at the workplace directly. People who are very satisfied with their job often work greater effective or lack of absenteeism‚ quitting job and late for work or lethargy. In Vietnam‚ thank to profound globalization‚ people has especially cared about diversity in organization’s culture and doing many researches to understand more about the level of job satisfaction and attitudes toward
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