Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-6: Job Performance, Hinder, Life Satisfaction

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

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Canadians identified corporate culture, opportunity to use skills, opportunity to learn, ability to be creative as top drivers of job satisfaction: financial rewards, flexible hours, stress among least-cited. Values things that people consciously or unconsciously want to seek / attain (table 5-1) Pay satisfaction employee"s feelings about compensation for jobs (deserved, security, adequate for luxury items, etc. ) And: do i enjoy being around them. Scientific management: simplification and routineness of jobs made them easier but overall job satisfaction decreased. Research suggests critical psychological states make work tasks satisfying. Perceived responsibility for outcomes psychological state indicating the degree to which employees feel that they are key drivers for the quality of work output. Knowledge of results psychological state indicating the extent to which employees are aware of how well or how poorly they are doing. Feedback directly from job, not co-workers or supervisors (almost daily)