Job satisfaction

Michael, it was my great pleasure to read your post on this week assignment concerning job dissatisfaction. Under your employee engagement section, you mentioned something that was very vital to any organization, with the lack of enthusiasm comes downfall in every area that in the end would be a traumatizing experience for the company as a whole. This has been the most talked about topic that 's been mentioned whenever I speak to anyone concerning their employment. Whenever employees in any…

design and job satisfaction. The article provides specific research method such as analytical strategy, data, measures, descriptive statistics and result/discussion to find out what might increase satisfaction. Through the author’s thorough research, they conclude that satisfaction was positively associated with high-involvement practices. However, the authors took direction of causality as consideration, factors such as work practices and job satisfaction that might affect job satisfaction and…

Figure 1 Employee-customer satisfaction model adopted from Vilares and Coelho (2003, p. 1706) From the model by Vilares and Coelho (2003) above, employee satisfaction affects the perceptions of employees towards employee loyalty and commitment. The model also shows a direct and indirect impact of employee satisfaction on customer satisfaction. According to Young (2009) and Shim and Siegel (1999), the employee satisfaction and customer satisfaction are directly linked because of a number of…

Figure 6.6: Satisfaction Index for the Employees of Service Department Table 6.7: Satisfaction Index for the Employees of Customer care Department S.No. Questions Average Satisfaction (S) Average Importance (i) Sxi 1 Environment at work place 1.75 3.75 6.56 2 Convenience at work place 1.75 4.75 8.31 3 Recognizing the work performance 3.00 3.50 10.50 4 Friendly environment at work place 2.75 4.50 12.38 5 Chances for flexibility in working 2.75 4.25 11.69 6 Employment in dynamic company 1.5 3.5…

able to handle. Therefore, I usually like to complete one goal before starting another. It was interesting to see that conscientiousness predicts job performance for all occupational groups. This trait of my personality not only is the key to high job performance but also says that I exert greater levels of effort on my job and develop higher levels of job knowledge. The Jungian 16-Type Personality assessment stated that my scores combined into the four letter personality classification of…

High turnover is an indicator of employee job dissatisfaction. As you mentioned, this could be attributed to employees feeling they are underpaid. Absenteeism, lower productivity, poor customer service, and boredom are all products of employee dissatisfaction (Robbins & Judge, 2009 p.87-89). One of the most significant influencers on employee satisfaction is manager-employee communication. Employees at high levels of satisfaction can be beneficial to the success of the organization (Fischer,…

for accepting being dissatisfied at their job. One reason I believe is because they feel they have invested so much of their time into their company that it would be purposeless to go somewhere else and be dissatisfied. Changing people’s value can be more difficult…

Oldham’s Job Characteristics Model (JCM) as well as the utilization of job re-design based off of these findings. The JCM was originally created as a means to offer different principles that can be implemented at an organization to enrich the workplace for those involved. The JCM is essentially a work questionnaire that uses the information found to create statistical data in order to show the perceived amount of job motivation in employees. The first theory proposed five different job…

(Donkin 256).This agreement and the economic factors in the 1980’s did not save the steel industry from losing jobs in the U.S., as Japanese imports with cheaper prices severely damaged the industry. The ESOP’s were used as bargaining investments to try to save the struggling industry, but even with newer more efficient processes and less labor management acrimony, the industry couldn’t stave off job losses. (Donkin 259). Trying to change the work environment and increase employee productivity…

position in certain area or aspect of the organization. On the one hand, a motivated individual who is cost-effective with the job, will always perform beyond expectations and therefore employee productivity will not be affected. On the other hand individual who is disatifactive with his /her may get to a position where he / she compromise her well-being due to the stress that a job dissatisfaction is producing. A lack of proper response by an organization can have a great impact on employee and…