ADMS 2400 Lecture Notes - Job Satisfaction, Social Influence, Organizational Commitment
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Job satisfaction: pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one"s job or job experiences: how you feel about your job, what you think about your job. Employees who has high job satisfaction will get positive feelings and vice versa. Values: things that people consciously or unconsciously want to see or attain. Eg: pay, promotions, supervision, co-workers, altruism, status, environment. Value-percept theory: job satisfaction depends on whether employee perceives that his or her job supplies those things that he or she values: dissatisfaction = (v want v have) x (v importance) Pay satisfaction: employees feelings about their boss, including his or her competency, communication, and personality: two questions are usually asked. Co-worker satisfaction: employees" feelings about their co-workers, including their abilities and personalities: two questions are usually asked: