Management and Organizational Studies 2181A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Overqualification, Goal Setting

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

Document Summary

Overqualification and job satisfaction: report by statistics canada, the part of this report that we are interested in is the relationship between overqualification and job dissatisfaction. Overqualification: overqualification = educational or credential mismatch (not skill mismatch, 12% of participants were overqualified (i. e. , their jobs required no more than high school. Overqualification and job satisfaction: 84% of university graduates were satisfied or extremely satisfied with their jobs. Job dissatisfaction based on overqualification: 13% of workers with a job requiring high school or less were dissatisfied, 3% of workers with a job requiring a university education were dissatisfied. Logging employees in oklahoma: paid by the hour, union members. Study about whether socially fair treatment increases the acceptance of a smoking ban at work. Hypotheses: hypotheses, the smoking ban will be better accepted when thorough information is given and high amounts of social sensitivity are present, non-smokers will perceive the ban as more acceptable than smokers.