SOSC 1510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Job Satisfaction, Human Condition
24 Jun 2016
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The subjective reactions of individual workers to the particular set of rewards, intrinsic or extrinsic, provided by their job (434) Behavioral intention: where people aren"t actually satisfied with their job, they would switch jobs if they could- with different conditions. Age: older individuals tend to be more satisfied, 32% satisfied young, 41% satisfied old, probably because of. That old people have less expectations that younger people. Having a secure job and pay is enough. Family and community and interests to compensate for dissatisfying work. Found and excelled to jobs they like and enjoy. Dissatisfied will drop out of labour force- leaving satisfied workers. Gender: woman and men don"t have much of a difference in job satisfaction. Because they are functioned to expect less intrinsic and extrinsic awards- they are more satisfied, with lower expectations. Woman with less satisfying jobs may be equally satisfied as men with more satisfying jobs.
