Understanding Job Satisfaction
Author | : Michael M. Gruneberg |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Michael M. Gruneberg |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Author | : C. J. Cranny |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
In this era of frequent corporate restructuring and rapid technological change, successful companies must have employees who are open to innovation and to changing roles, and are able to work together productively. Research shows that employees most likely to be adaptable, cooperative, and productive are those who are satisfied with their jobs. Therefore, it is essential that leaders of American business understand how to enhance job satisfaction within their organizations. In Job Satisfaction, top academic researchers in the field share state-of-the-art information on creating job satisfaction, its resulting benefits, and the risks of having too many employees who are dissatisfied with their jobs. As they show, job satisfaction is also an extremely useful predictor for management. An employee's level of job satisfaction is the single most important piece of data a manager or organizational psychologist can have to predict an employee's rate of absenteeism, decision to resign or retire, desire for union representation, or level of psychological withdrawal. Before they can enhance job satisfaction, managers must understand its components. Research demonstrates that an employee's level of satisfaction is based not only on events in the present and past, but also on his perceptions of the future. Foreseeing future opportunities for advancement, for increased pay, for participation in decision-making, or for networking lead to a high level of job satisfaction. In fact, the authors reveal, perceiving future opportunity can actually be more motivating than actually receiving a raise, getting promoted, or being given additional responsibilities. Job Satisfaction dispels the notion that jobstress necessarily leads to dissatisfaction, and shows how an organization should focus on increasing satisfaction rather than just reducing stress. It is especially important for managers to stimulate job satisfaction by improving their employees' sense of achievement through making tasks and their objectives clear, as well as giving feedback. Academics and managers alike will find Job Satisfaction a source of new and useful information for understanding and enhancing satisfaction on the job.
Author | : Rosalie Osbourne |
Publisher | : Nova Science Publishers |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Job satisfaction |
ISBN | : 9781634636490 |
Job satisfaction is a central concept in work and organizational psychology as it is associated with important individual as well as organizational outcomes. Work is the number one activity that occupies most of adults' waking time. Being satisfied with one's job, which is defined as a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one's job or job experience, is related to important work-related and health-related outcomes (e.g., higher job performance, organizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior, life satisfaction, lower absenteeism and lower counterproductive work behavior). This book discusses determinants of job satisfaction as well as workplace implications and the impact job satisfaction has on the psychological well-being of individuals.
Author | : Paul E. Spector |
Publisher | : SAGE Publications |
Total Pages | : 107 |
Release | : 1997-03-26 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1452264686 |
Distilling the vast literature on this frequently studied variable in organizational behaviour research, Paul E Spector provides the student and professional with a pithy overview of the application, assessment, causes and consequences of job satisfaction. In addition to discussing the nature of and techniques for assessing job satisfaction, the author summarizes the findings concerning how people feel towards work, including: cultural and gender differences in job satisfaction and personal and organizational causes; and potential consequences of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Students and researchers will particularly appreciate the extensive list of references and the Job Satisfaction Survey included in the Appendix.
Author | : Hyder A. Lakhani |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Job satisfaction |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Zinta S. Byrne |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2014-08-07 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1136736239 |
Employee engagement is a novel concept that has been building momentum in recent years. Understanding Employee Engagement: Theory, Research, and Practice exposes the science and practice of employee engagement. Grounded in theory and empirical research, this book debates the definitions of engagement, provides a comprehensive evaluation of empirical findings in the engagement field including a focus on international findings, and offers implications for science and practice in organizations. Employers can learn how to foster and drive engagement to increase productivity and happiness, and researchers can master the existing engagement literature and begin to study the many propositions and new models Zinta S. Byrne, Ph.D. proposes throughout the book.
Author | : Josiane Fahed-Sreih |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2020-09-09 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1838807462 |
This book, Career Development and Job Satisfaction, not only looks at how employees can develop their careers and create career paths that are meaningful for their lives, it also looks at keeping employees satisfied with their jobs.This book highlights how to work with the millennial generation and being able to motivate them and guide them through their careers. It presents case studies on satisfaction and career planning. The function of human resource management has an important implication on the performance of the whole organization and giving it acute attention can enhance the performance of the business.
Author | : Pallavi Kate |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 152 |
Release | : 2008-12-23 |
Genre | : Job satisfaction |
ISBN | : 9788131417454 |
Job satisfaction describes how content an individual is with his or her job. There are a variety of factors that can influence a person s level of job satisfaction. Some of these factors include the level of pay and benefits, the perceived fairness of the
Author | : Gary P. Latham |
Publisher | : SAGE |
Total Pages | : 457 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1412990939 |
Work Motivation: History, Theory, Research, and Practice provides unique behavioural science frameworks for motivating employees in organizational settings.
Author | : Willa M. Bruce |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1992-11-18 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
Work provides daily meaning as well as daily bread, according to Studs Terkel. Yet work is not always a place where one feels satisfied. In order to attract and retain qualified employees in the up-coming tight labor market, companies will have to recognize that people are their most important asset. Using original research, this book describes what employees want and need from their working environment to maximize their satisfaction and their performance. It assists the reader to deal with employees as unique individuals whose personal needs for self-actualization can be integrated with organizational performance needs. The book begins with a summary of the conventional wisdom on job satisfaction and performance and a description of what constitutes good work. Bruce and Blackburn introduce their readers to the workplace complexities created by cultural diversity, mature workers, and women employees. They explain the effect of culture on behavior and why the traditional means to foster job satisfaction and performance are necessary but insufficient for managing diversity. They give advice on how to meet the challenges presented by changing environmental and technological trends. They teach how to manage when family demands on both men and women spill over onto the organization, and they describe the emerging conviction that, for many, those in a work setting are family for one another. They provide specific instructions for conducting and utilizing training programs. In the belief that people accept what they help to create, they explain the utility of participation at different organizational levels and some different approaches to participative planning and decision making, including Total Quality Management. They report on interviews with employees from a cross-section of jobs in different organizations to assist the reader to understand how employees perceive the reality of work; and they provide appendices containing training outlines, guidelines for preventing and addressing sexual harassment complaints, and forms to utilize in organizing a participative planning process. Breir book is an important resource for managers, executives, consultants, and students who seek to understand how the changing nature of the workforce is affecting job satisfaction and performance; and who want to act on behalf of their organization and their employees. It is useful for managers in the private sector, as well as those who work for government and not-for-profit organizations.