PSYC2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Job Satisfaction, E.G. Time, Job Sharing
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Work-related attitudes pertain to any aspect of work or work-setti(cid:374)gs ((cid:449)e"ll (cid:272)o(cid:448)er jo(cid:271) satisfa(cid:272)tio(cid:374) and commitment) Are people generally satisfied with their jobs certain groups more satisfied than others (whitecollar, older, more experienced), some individuals always more satisfied. Dispositional model job satisfaction experienced over time stays stable for some (predisposed to be satisfied/dissatisfied) Measuring job satisfaction (brayfield and roth), i feel fairly satisfied with my job, most days i am enthusiastic about work etc, and circular face series (choose the face that best describes your emotion about work etc) Organisational commitment degree to which people are involved with their organisations and are interested in remaining, not all types of commitment created equal. Continuance commitment calculative, want to leave but weigh up negatives of leaving affective commitment like orga(cid:374)isatio(cid:374)"s ideals a(cid:374)d people (cid:455)ou (cid:449)ork with so you are therefore committed. Negative rise in absenteeism, turnover is up, theft is up, accidents are up, efforts to unionise increase.
