MSCI211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, Job Performance
25 Aug 2016
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Job satisfaction reflects what you think and feel about your job. Organizational events and happenings can provoke emotions and influence moods, which can in turn influence job satisfaction. Satisfied employees do a better job of fulfilling the duties. People who are more satisfied with their jobs are more likely to engage in extr behaviour or extra effort for the job, and go beyond the job description. Organizational commitment is the desire on the part of an employee to remain a member of the organizations. Satisfied employees are more likely to want to stay with the organization. Highly committed people are more likely to stay and not to quit. The reason is affective; they stay because they like their job. Job satisfaction is highly correlated with affective commitment. Life satisfaction job satisfaction is strongly related to life satisfaction. People react to job dissatisfaction in 4 different ways: exit, fd, d, d. 75,000 is the average in the united states.
