COMM 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Job Satisfaction, Motivation, Equity Theory
8 Dec 2018
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Values: what is right and what is wrong. Job satisfaction: how someone feels about their job. Facet satisfaction: satisfaction with certain aspects of your job. Discrepancy: what you get in regards to what you put in. Equity theory: inputs and outcomes compared to someone in a similar situation as you. Expectancy theory: first level and second level outcomes. Instrumentality: you need to do this in order to get that. Job satisfaction means low absenteeism, low turnover but not guaranteed increased performance. Ocb: doing extra tasks that are not required of you. Helping someone just because you want to help someone. 3 types of commitments: affective: staying in a job because you want to. Continuance: staying in a job because you have no other options, you have to. Motivation: desire to apply effort towards a goal. Intrinsic motivation: personal satisfaction, feel like you can do it, motivation comes from job.
