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What is job satisfaction
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Using Rand's theory of emotions as a starting point, the concepts of satisfaction, dissatisfaction, value, emotion, and appraisal, and their interrelationships are discussed, and the present theory of job satisfaction is contrasted with previous theories.About:
This article is published in Organizational Behavior and Human Performance.The article was published on 1969-11-01. It has received 1956 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Job satisfaction & Job design.read more
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Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction in Hospitality Industry
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the problem of finding and keeping qualified workers is an evident problem in the hospitality industry in many parts of the Alpine region, and job satisfaction is becoming increasingly important for susta...
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Job Satisfaction and Job Performance: The Case of Research Productivity
TL;DR: In order to meet social needs, and address societal challenges, the University is dependent upon the research productivity of its staff as mentioned in this paper. Satisfaction contributes to the retention of, as wel...
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The Effect on Organization Members of Discrepancy Between Perceived and Preferred Rewards Implicit in Work
TL;DR: In this paper, the psychological effect of a discrepancy between the reward persons receive from their job and the reward they would like to receive is investigated. But, the results show that obtaining more than one want can be as dissatisfying as obtaining less than one wants.
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Psychosocial training: a case of self-efficacy improvement in an Italian school
TL;DR: In this article, a case under consideration is a primary school located in the South of Italy, and the participants in the training and research were 92 female teachers, and they analyzed whether the training intervention conducted was effective in terms of learning and change.
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The measurement of job characteristics: A content and contextual analytic look at scale validity
TL;DR: In this paper, the validity of the Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) and the Job Characteristics Inventory (JCI) was examined, as well as the contrasts between the verbal content of these scales and the verbal contents of three popular measures of job satisfaction.
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Work and motivation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors integrate the work of hundreds of researchers in individual workplace behavior to explain choice of work, job satisfaction, and job performance, including motivation, goal incentive, and attitude.
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The motivation to work
TL;DR: Motivation and performance are not merely dependent upon environmental needs and external rewards as discussed by the authors, but instead, satisfaction came most often from factors intrinsic to work: achievements, job recognition, and work that was challenging, interesting, and responsible.
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Management and the Worker
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