Job Satisfaction in Organizational Psychology Job satisfaction can be known to some people as an important element in their lives. If an individual is unhappy with their occupation it may affect other parts of their life. Job satisfaction can be seen in what one wants in a job as to what one has in their current job. Definition of Job Satisfaction Job satisfaction can be defined as an attitude or feeling one can have toward ones job. Job satisfaction is "the extent to which people like (satisfaction)
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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. Positive outlook and backup from HR helps modify behaviour resulting in higher performance levels. 1.2 Measures of job satisfaction Unlike other
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Customer Satisfaction in the Banking Industry Case Study – Barclays Bank of Kenya Ltd. Customer satisfaction is a major issue in almost all sectors. This can basically determine the success and profitability of a company as a satisfied customer would most likely to ‘spread the good word’ or would have be happy to do business again with the firm. It is an important theoretical and practical issue for market researchers and consumer researchers (Meuter et al‚ 2000). With positive results in most research
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I. What is self control? Self control is the ability to control one’s emotions‚ behaviour and desires. In psychology it is sometimes called self-regulation. Exerting self-control through the executive functions in decision making is thought to deplete a resource in the ego.[1] Many things affect one’s ability to exert self-control‚ but self-control particularly requires sufficient glucose levels in the brain. Exerting self-control depletes glucose. Research has found that reduced glucose‚ and poor
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friend‚ a boy friend‚ a new job or any new relationship‚ but disclosing can also happen with people we have known for a long time or not. Scholars define self-disclosure as sharing information with others that they would not normally know or discover‚ but I feel like each person has his or her own way of defining what self closure is. To me‚ self disclosure is letting myself go and trusting the person I am disclosing to‚ it involves risk and vulnerability on my part sharing important information to
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Personal Reflection of the Self Sarah S. Lawson PSY/400 September 16‚ 2013 Joyce Willis Reflection of the Self Each and every person is different in their own way; people tend to look at their environments‚ through nurture and nature to develop a self concept. A persons self concept comes from both their past and their future; who the person is trying to be and who the person used to be. Personality studies illustrate how the individual looks to the world for hope‚ fear‚ and an understanding
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Haley Wiedenman English 101 Brit Ashley 4/8/11 When reading “A Mutable Self”‚ by Mary Catherine Bateson‚ I am forced to analyze why I am myself. For several years I have stubbornly believed that I have become myself by myself alone and have not been influenced by the things and people around me. I didn’t want to admit that I am in fact tightly connected to people of my past and they have influenced who I am greatly. Bateson makes it clear in her writing that “no one –fetus‚ child‚ or adult-
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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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CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN HOTELS IN CAPE TOWN MBUNGWANA CHRISTINE LUNGISWA 2009 CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IN HOTELS IN CAPE TOWN by MBUNGWANA CHRISTINE LUNGISWA Dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Quality in the Faculty of Engineering at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology Supervisor: A Bester Co-supervisor: Prof. Dr. J A Watkins D. Phil.‚ D. Com.‚ Ph. D. Bellville November 2009 ii DECLARATION I‚ Christine Mbungwana‚ hereby
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JOB SATISFACTION AMONG ACADEMICS Mrs. Smita Mishra* Mrs. Deepali Choudhary** * Mrs. Smita Mishra is Lecturer‚ Vindhya Institute of Technology and Science‚Indore. Ph: 09770226770. e-mail: msmita20@gmail.com ** Mrs. Deepali Choudhary is Senior Lecturer‚ Vindhya Institute of Technology and Science‚Indore. Ph: 09826445013. e-mail: deepali_choudhary@rediffmail.com JOB SATISFACTION AS A CORELATE FOR JOB PERFORMANCE IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES ABSTRACT This paper focuses on
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