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According to E.A. Locke, Job satisfaction is a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting
from the appraisal of ones job or job experience.
According to Fieldman and Arnold, Job satisfaction will be defined as the amount of overall
positive affect or (feelings) that individuals have towards their jobs.
According to Andrew Brin, Job satisfaction is the amount of pleasure or contentment associated
with a job. If you like your job intensely, you will experience high job satisfaction. If you dislike
your job intensely, you will experience job- dissatisfaction.
According to Keith Davis and Newstronx, Job satisfaction is the set of favourable or
unfavourable feelings with which employees view their work.
We can say that job satisfaction is a result of employees perception of how well their job
provides those things which are viewed as important. In the field of organizational field, job
satisfaction is considered the most important and frequently studied attitude.
There are three important dimensions to job satisfaction:
(i) Job satisfaction cannot be seen, it can only be inferred. It relates to ones feelings towards
ones job.
(ii) Job satisfaction is often determined by how will outcomes meet the expectations or exceed
the expectations. If the employees working in the organisation feel that they are working much
harder than others in the department but are receiving lower rewards, they will be dissatisfied
and have a negative attitude towards the job, the boss and the co-workers. On the other hand, if
they feel that they are being paid equitably and treated well by the organisation, they will be
satisfied with their jobs and will have positive attitudes.
(iii) Job satisfaction and job attitudes are typically used inter changeably. Positive attitudes
towards the jobs are conceptually equivalent to jobs satisfaction and negative attitudes towards
the job indicate job dissatisfaction.
Even though these two terms are used interchangeably, but there are differences between the two.
Job satisfaction is a specific subset of attitudes. Attitudes reflect ones feeling toward individuals
organisations and objects. But job satisfaction refers to ones attitude towards a job. Attitudes
refer to predispositions to respond but satisfaction relates to the performance factors. Attitudes
are long lasting, but satisfaction is dynamic and it keeps on changing. It can decline even more
quickly than it developed. Thus, managers need to pay attention to job satisfaction constantly.
The superiors who allow their subordinates to participate in decisions that affect their own jobs,
help in creating an environment which is highly conducive to job satisfaction. Thus, the
supervisors who establish a supportive personal relationship with subordinates and take personal
interest in them, contribute to the employees satisfaction.
2. Work Group:
The nature of the work group or team will have effect on job satisfaction in the following
ways:
(i) A friendly, and co-operative group provides opportunities to the group members to interact
with each other. It serves as a source of support, comfort, advice and assistance to the individual
group members. If on the other hand, the people are difficult to get along with, the work group
will have a negative impact on job satisfaction.
(ii) The work group will be even a stronger source of satisfaction when members have similar
attitudes and values. In such a group, there will less friction on day to day basis.
(iii) Smaller groups provide greater opportunity for building mutual trust and understanding as
compared to larger groups.
Thus, the group size and quality of interpersonal relations within the group play a significant role
in workers satisfaction.
3. Working Conditions:
Good working conditions are desirable by the employees, as they lead to more physical comfort.
People desire that there should be a clean and healthy working environment. Temperature,
humidity, ventilation, lighting and noise, hours of work, cleanliness of the work place and
adequate tools and equipment are the features which affect job satisfaction. While the desirable
working conditions are taken for granted and may not contribute heavily towards job satisfaction.
Poor working conditions do become a source of job dissatisfaction.
Simply because they lead to physical discomfort and physical danger. Moreover, all the
employees are not satisfied or dissatisfied by favourable or unfavourable work environment as
shown in the figure given below.
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As shown in the figure, all the four employees are dissatisfied when the working conditions are
unfavourable. However, as the working conditions start becoming favourable, the job satisfaction
of employee A and B increases sharply while employees C and D have only minor increase in
satisfaction.
C. Work Itself:
The content of the work itself plays a major role in determining the level of job satisfaction.
Some of the aspects of the work which affect job satisfaction are:
(i) Job Scope:
It provides the amount of responsibility, work pace and feedback. The higher the level of these
factors, higher the job scope and higher the level of satisfaction.
(ii) Variety:
A moderate amount of variety is very effective. Excessive variety produces confusion and stress
and a too little variety causes monotony and fatigue which are dis-satisfiers.
(iii) Lack of Autonomy and Freedom:
Lack of autonomy and freedom over work methods and work pace can create helplessness and
dissatisfaction. Employees do not like it when their every step and every action is determined by
their supervisor.
(iv) Role Ambiguity and Role Conflict:
Role ambiguity and role conflict also lead to confusion and job dissatisfaction because
employees do not know exactly what their task is and what is expected of them.
(v) Interesting Work:
A work which is very interesting and challenging and provides status will be providing
satisfaction to the employees as compared to work which is boring and monotonous.
D. Personal Factors:
Personal attributes of the individuals also play a very important role as to whether they are
satisfied at the job or not. Pessimists and people with negative attitudes will complain about
everything including the job. They will always find something wrong in every job to complain
about.
Some of the important personal factors are:
1. Age and Seniority:
With age, people become more mature and realistic and less idealistic so that they are willing to
accept available resources and rewards and be satisfied about the situation. With the passage of
time, people move into more challenging and responsible positions. People who do not move up
at all with time are more likely to be dissatisfied with their jobs.
2. Tenure:
Employees will longer tenure are expected to be highly satisfied with their jobs. Tenure assures
job security, which is highly satisfactory to employees. They can easily plan for their future
without any fear of losing their jobs.
3. Personality:
Some of the personality traits which are directly related to job satisfaction are self assurance, self
esteem, and maturity, and decisiveness, sense of autonomy, challenge and responsibility. Higher
the person is on Maslows needs hierarchy, the higher is the job satisfaction. This type of
satisfaction comes from within the person and is a function of his personality. Accordingly, in
addition to providing a healthy work environment, management must ensure that the employee is
happy with himself and has a positive outlook on life.
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