Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter 5: Chapter 5

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

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Job satisfaction: one of several individual mechanisms within our integrative model that directly affect job performance and organizational commitment. High job satisfaction = positive feelings eg. canada. Corporate culture, the opportunity to use skills, the opportunity to learn and be creative is top drivers. Financial rewards and benefits flexible work hours were among the least-cited reasons. Employees are satisfied when their job provides the things they value, which people consciously or unconsciously want to seek or attain. (cid:1130) . Categories of common work values: pay, promotions, supervision, co-workers, the work itself, altruism, status, environment. (cid:1131) . Value percept theory: job satisfaction depends on whether you perceive that your job supplies the things that you value. Vhave: how much value the job supplies, vimportance: how important the value is to the employees. The difference between want and have create a sense of dissatisfaction, the existing discrepancies get magnified for important values. All based on one"s wants and have.