MHR 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Emotional Contagion, Job Satisfaction

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Human Resources
• Course: MHR 505
• Professor: Rupa Banerjee

Document Summary

Job satisfaction: a pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one"s job or job experiences (how you feel about your job and what you think about your job) Job satisfaction depends on whether you perceive that your job supplies the things that you value: dissatisfaction = (v want v have) * (v importance) V want reflects how much of a value an employee wants, v have indicates how much of that value the job supplies, and v importance reflects how important the value is to the employee. Big differences between wants and haves create a sense of dissatisfaction, especially when the value in question is important: people evaluate job satisfaction according to specific facets of the job, pay satisfaction. Employees" feeling about the compensation for their jobs. Is it adequate: what is special about pay, more than anything else, we compare ourselves to others, we expect equity, promotion satisfaction.