A Review of Job Satisfaction, the Influencing Factors and Consequences

A Review of business organisation Satisfaction, the Influencing Factors and Consequences of business line SatisfactionIntroductionJob gladness has been gaining attention from two researchers and managers, especially due to the contemporary proliferation of the idea recognising the significance of people in terms of achieving competitive advantage and sustainability in organisations. The purpose of the essay is to reappraisal factors influencing mull over gratification and consequences attributing to job satisfaction after reviewing some arrest of the intend of the term and the reasons why job satisfaction is widely studied. belles-lettres ReviewThe meaning of job satisfaction and the attractiveness for studiesIt is relevant that the meaning of job satisfaction is reviewed. Job satisfaction can be apparently defined as the level at which employees have a corroboratory judgment to their jobs (Agho et al. 1993, p. 1007). Another definition by spector (1997, p. 2) emphasises that the term job satisfaction should include both positive and negative sides (Spector, 1997, p. 2). In this case, the term job satisfaction explicitly points out that the job satisfaction is a continuum with whole satisfied and not satisfied at all at the two extremes. Importantly, job satisfaction can be the outcome of the employees general apprehension of the job as a whole or specific feeling towards different aspects of the job. And the overall job satisfaction cannot be regarded as the matter of calculation of satisfaction levels concerning different aspects of the jobs Among different job attitudes elements, job satisfaction is of outstanding importance and even viewed as the central element (Saari & Judge, 2004, p. 396). As other elements of attitudes, the nature of job satisf... ...atisfaction and individual performance, Academy of anxiety Review, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 712-721Saari, L. M. & Judge, T. A. 2004, Employee attitudes and job satisfaction, Human Resource Manage ment, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 395-407Seashore, S. E. & Taber, T. D. 1975, Job satisfaction and their correlates, American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 333-368Spector, P. E. 1997, Job satisfaction application, assessment, causes and consequences, apt Publications, Inc, CaliforniaSpencer, D. G. & Steers, R. M. 1981, Performance as a moderator of the job satisfaction-turnover relationship, daybook of Applied Psychology, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 511-514Tett, R. P. & Meyer, J. P. 1993, Job satisfaction, organizational commitment, turnover intention, and turnover lead analyses based on meta-analytic findings, Personnel Psychology, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 259-293