PSYC 3050 Study Guide - Carpal Tunnel, Meta-Analysis, Absenteeism
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Why are they important: attitude degree of positive and negative feeling towards an object, attitudes predict behavior through intentions (ajzen & fishbein, theory of reasoned action. Theory of reasoned action: attitudes and subjective norms affect intentions, which impact behaviors, subjective norms individual perceptions of social pressures to perform. Job satisfaction (figure 10. 2: pleasurable, positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one"s job or job experience it"s cognitive. Locke"s percept-value theory (1976: said that employers should aid employees in the pursuit of happiness, practitioners have always viewed it as an important determinant of productivity (organ, Job characteristics: from hackman & oldham"s job characteristics thoery, sturcture of job and what job rovides affects job satisfaction (value-percept theory, spector & jex (91): ees perceptions of jcs and job satisfaction are positively related (r=. 30s to . 40s) Daily hassles negatively related to job satisfaction (hart, 1999)
