Psychology 2660A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Thermodynamics, Workplace Violence, Gender Role

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2660A/B
• Professor: Natalie J Allen

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Job satisfaction is the degree of pleasure an employee derives from his or her job. Everyone differs in their expectations from a job and thus will differ in their reactions to them. Global job satisfaction overall feelings about a job. Job facet satisfaction feelings about supervisors, coworkers, promotional opportunities, pay, etc. Job descriptive index is used to measure job satisfaction; regarded with professional esteem within i/o psych: likewise, the minnesota satisfaction questionnaire is highly regarded within the profession. People high in positive affect = active, alert, enthusiastic, inspired, interested, optimistic, persevere. Objective job conditions = level of pay, hours of work, and physical working conditions. Figure 10-2 model of job satisfaction: positive affectivity & objective job circumstances interpretation of job circumstances job satisfaction. As a set, these big 5 personality traits has a multiple correlation coefficient of . 41 with job satisfaction.