PSY324H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Job Satisfaction
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Jobs that don"t risk your health, jobs that offer more freedom, job security. For some a safe office with job security, for others they. Job satisfaction is important because it"s a big contributrion to our happiness. What are good jobs? that not everyone is equally happy. How they shape and view the work and social relationship theories. Interactionistic theories (fit theories). which combination of job charactersitics and individuals characteristics is optimal? may be bored with this so they may want to be in the army or a fire fighter. Jobs that are attuned to your strengths so if you good at logic and memorizing then maybe a lawyer. And then know what jobs allow you to optimize these for yourself. Job satisfaction increases with occupational prestige but not the final determinant. Big 5 matters more than the job characteristics (according to this data) Twins studies allow us to separate genetic factors from environmental factors.
