PSYC 178 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Organisation Climate, Role Conflict, Minsk National Airport
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Today"s material: chapter 9- attitudes, emotions, and work. What is school satisfaction: variables of measurement: how much we feel you"ve learned, tuition fees. What is life satisfaction: variables of measurement: work-life balance, attainment of life goals/expectations, family and social relationships, autonomy, health, neighborhood safety, finances, is stress a measure or effect of life satisfaction, extremely complex. What do emotions have to do with io psych and the workplace: emotional intelligence, influences motivation. Are uber drivers more satisfied than taxi drivers: taxi drivers making less money, but uber drivers don"t have benefits. Job satisfaction- positive attitude or emotional state resulting from appraisal of one"s job: affected by wage, type of job, coworkers, one of first attitudes to be measured in io psych, history of job satisfaction. Found both job-related (job, coworkers, etc. ) and individual difference (attitudes toward work in general) variables might influence job satisfaction.