Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Job Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, Emotional Contagion

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

Document Summary

Pleasurable emotional state that results from appraisal of one"s job or. Represents how you feel about your job, what you think about your job. Based on cognition (calculated, rational opinions of job) and affect (emotional reactions to job) influence each other. High job satisfaction when people experience positive feelings about job. 81% satisfied with their jobs, 88% like the people they work with. Things people consciously or subconsciously want to seek or attain. Ex: pay, promotions, supervision, co-workers, the work itself, altruism, status, environment. Argues that job satisfaction depends on whether you perceive your job supplies the things you value. Dissatisfaction = (v want v have) x (v importance) V want how much of a value the employee wants, v have how much of the value the job has, v importance how important the value is to the employee. Not going to be happy if want you want is less than what you have times the importance.