Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Job Enrichment, Life Satisfaction, Scientific Management

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B
• Professor: Sarah Ross

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If employees are satisfied with their jobs and experience positive emotions, they may perform their jobs better and choose to remain with the company longer. Job satisfaction: a pleasurable or emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one"s job or job experiences. Represents how a person thinks or feels about their job. 81% of canadians say they are satisfied with their jobs. 88% of canadians say they like the people they work with. Employees are most satisfied with their jobs when they provide things like value. What you want to attain from your job. Most values are about what the job can give you but some are about the context that surrounds your work. Ex: pay, promotion, supervision, co-workers, the work itself, relationships, status: value fulfillment dissatisfaction = (vwant - vhave) x (vimportance) Value-percept theory: a theory that job satisfaction depends on whether the employee perceives that his or her job supplies those things that he or she values.