Job Satisfaction Abstract The issue of Job Satisfaction‚ Motivation in the workplace and the role of Job Characteristics have been the cause of intensive research for many years now and have given rise to many theories‚ formed on the basis of extended research by psychologists‚ social scientists and HRD managers. The concept of job satisfaction‚ though of considerably recent origin‚ is closely linked to motivation in the workplace and is a causal factor in improved performance in the workplace
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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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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION‚ JOB SATISFACTION AND CORPORATE CULTURE by WANDA ROOS submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in the subject PSYCHOLOGY at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA SUPERVISOR: MS R VAN EEDEN JUNE 2005 Student number: 3381-990-4 I declare that The relationship between employee motivation‚ job satisfaction and corporate culture is my own work and that all the sources that I have used or quoted have been indicated
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his or her work. Job satisfaction has been defined as a pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job;[1] an affective reaction to one’s job;[2] and an attitude towards one’s job.[3] Weiss (2002) has argued that 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.[4] This definition suggests that we form attitudes towards our jobs by taking into account
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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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individual behaviour. That concept may be attitudes‚ job satisfaction‚ personality‚ values‚ perceptions‚ emotions and moods‚ or motivation. Recently‚ there is a widely debate on whether a happy employee is a productive employee‚ which indicates that people pay an increasing attention on individual’s feelings or satisfaction on their job. The key issues are that what are the causes of job satisfaction‚ how important is it and how to improve job satisfaction of employees‚ especially by managers. To understand
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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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Page 1 Job Satisfaction: What is it? Why is it Important? How Can you Get it? by Kevin Scheid The issue of job satisfaction‚ what it is and why it is important‚ brings with it a great deal of research and opinion accompanied by a vast store of written material. However ‚ the topic j ob satisfaction lacks clarity and is sometimes controversial. The term “job satisfaction” is understood to mean everything from “making all aspects of a job easy for employees” to “making the job meaningful
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