SOC227H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Job Satisfaction, Relational Model, Human Capital
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This is solely based intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. Job satisfaction is the task you are assigned. Work satisfaction is in terms of occupational satisfaction. E. g. working with children but dislike being the camp counsellor. Job is created with a function for the organization: job satisfaction has multidimensional explanation in the literature. (demographics, Education, job characteristics, relationship at work and organizational factors) all these define individual work orientation and equals to the level of job satisfaction: who cares about job satisfaction. Employer grows revenue, increase profit, minimize cost, and maximize employee cooperation to achieve this. Employee want interesting work, security good pay and benefit, feel valued and recognized, career opportunity and a balance with my home life. Employer is good and i"ll stay with him: problems with measuring job satisfaction. Wide range of answers, wide range of decisions, what are you comparing to that gauges your level of satisfaction, unwillingness to admit.
