STATS 120A Lecture Notes - Organizational Commitment, Performance Appraisal, Job Satisfaction
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Job satisfaction the attitude an employee has toward her job. Organizational commitment the extent to which an employee identifies with and is involved with an organization. Job satisfaction and organizational commitment are not the same, but highly correlated. Equity theory: components include input output and the ratio, possible situations include under payment, over payment, and equal payment. Our levels of job satisfaction and motivation are related to how fairly we believe we are treated in comparison with others. If we believe we are treated unfairly, we attempt to change our beliefs or behaviors until the situation appears to be fair. Equity theory has recently expanded into 3 organizational justices; Distributive justice: perceived fairness of the actual decisions made in an organization. Procedural justice: perceived fairness of the methods used to arrive at the decision. Interactional justice: perceived fairness of the interpersonal treatment employees" receive.
