Quick QuizThe following questions ask about your satisfaction or dissatisfaction with several things.. Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory Certain things are necessary, but not sufficient, fo
Trang 1Employee Satisfaction
Trang 2 What is job satisfaction?
What are some of the benefits of having a satisfied workforce?
What are some of the disadvantages of
having a dissatisfied workforce?
What causes employees to be satisfied
with their jobs?
Trang 3What is Job Satisfaction?
An employee’s cognitive and affective evaluation of his or her job
Trang 4Why Should Organizations Care?
Organizational Commitment
Job Withdrawal
Turnover and retirement intentions
Work Withdrawal
Behaviors to avoid performing one’s work tasks
Absenteeism and tardiness
Trang 5Organizational Commitment
Definition
An acceptance of organizational goals
A willingness to work hard for the organization
The desire to stay with the organization
Research findings (Probst, 2000)
strong correlation with coworker, promotions, supervisor, and work satisfaction (r ~ 50)
lower with pay (r ~ 18)
strong correlation with overall satisfaction (r ~ 70)
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Strikes, slow-downs, initiation of
unionization
Examples:
Boeing in 1996 (job security)
WSU and UW in 2001 (budget cuts, low salary, low state emphasis on higher
education)
TAs at UC Santa Cruz (large class sizes)
Trang 9What About Job Performance??
Why would we expect a relationship??
Trang 10What Causes Job Satisfaction?
Our Outcomes vs Others Outcomes
Current Job vs Alternative Jobs vs Past Jobs
Trang 11Genetic Predisposition
We’re (dis)satisfied because we are
genetically programmed to be.
Research evidence
Study of twins reared apart
30% of variability in satisfaction accounted for by genetics (r = 55)
Recommendation
hire applicants with good “job satisfaction genes”
Trang 12Quick Quiz
The following questions ask about your satisfaction or dissatisfaction with several things Consider each item carefully and enter the response the best represents your feelings about the item.
Dissatisfied Neutral Satisfied
Self-service gas stations 1 2 3
The size of refrigerators 1 2 3
Trang 13Affective Disposition
Some people complain about everything!
Negative affectivity (NA)
The tendency to experience negative emotions (distress, agitation, pessimism)
“The gripe scale” / NOSQ
Research evidence
Job satisfaction and NA
r = -.23 (more NA, less satisfaction)
Job satisfaction and turnover
r = 00 for gripers; r = -.39 for non-gripers
Recommendations??
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People happy with life are happy with
work.
Spillover effect between life and work
Organizational implications regarding:
flexible work hours
work-family conflict
on-site daycare
work
family non-work
Trang 15Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory
Certain things are necessary, but not
sufficient, for job satisfaction
Motivators -
Supervisors
Challenge Stimulation Independence Responsibility Variety
Trang 16Thibaut and Kelley’s Model
Comparison of current role outcomes with past role outcomes and alternative role
outcomes
Past Alt Job
Situation A > > Satisfied Stay
Situation B > < Satisfied Leave
Situation C < > Dissatisfied Stay
Situation D < < Dissatisfied Leave
Trang 17How Can We Measure
Job Satisfaction?
Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire
Faces Scale
Job Descriptive Index
Job In General Scale
Custom-Designed Scales (but beware…)
Trang 18Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ)
100 items measuring 20 facets of job
satisfaction
Two general factors
Internal vs External sources of satisfaction
Trang 20Faces Scale
good measure of global job satisfaction
good measure to use when reading ability is low
too simplistic
possibly insulting and/or low face validity for upper-level positions
Trang 22Job Descriptive Index (JDI)
Measure of 5 facets of job satisfaction
pay, promotions, coworkers, supervisors, work itself
Pros
Extremely easy to use with all types of respondents
Most commonly used measure of job satisfaction
Cons
Shouldn’t sum across facets
Is there more to job satisfaction than just the 5 facets?
Trang 23YOUR PAY AND PROMOTIONS
What are YOUR PAY AND PROMOTION OPPORTUNITIES like? Circle YES if the item describes your PAY AND PROMOTIONS, NO if the item does not describe your PAY AND PROMOTIONS, and ? if you cannot decide Choose a response for each item.
Pay
UNDERPAID Yes ? No
INCOME ADEQUATE FOR NORMAL EXPENSES Yes ? No
BARELY LIVE ON INCOME Yes ? No
INCOME PROVIDES LUXURIES Yes ? No
BAD Yes ? No
HIGHLY PAID Yes ? No
Promotions
GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ADVANCEMENT Yes ? No
PROMOTION ON ABILITY Yes ? No
DEAD-END JOB Yes ? No
GOOD CHANCE FOR PROMOTION Yes ? No
UNFAIR PROMOTION POLICY Yes ? No
INFREQUENT PROMOTIONS Yes ? No
Trang 24Job In General Scale (JIG)
Developed as a global measure of job satisfaction
Trang 25YOUR JOB IN GENERAL
What is your JOB like MOST OF THE TIME? Choose YES if the item describes your JOB, NO if it does not describe your JOB, and ? if you cannot decide.
PLEASANT ………… Yes ? No BAD…
IDEAL… … Yes ? No WASTE OF TIME Yes ? No GOOD
UNDESIRABLE Yes ? No WORTHWHILE……… Yes ? No WORSE THAN MOST ……… Yes ? No
MAKES ME CONTENT…… …… Yes ? No INADEQUATE……… Yes ? No