Chapter 4: Job
Satisfaction
= Pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’ job
High: Positive feeling (Becomes more and more rare)
Low: Negative feeling
WHY?
When the job provides what they value
Values: Pay, Co-workers, Status, …
VALUE-PERCEPT THEORY
Job Satisfaction X Whether you perceive your values at work
(Vwant – Vhave ) = (VImportance)
Vwant: : How much you want a value
Vhave: How much of the value is supplied by the job
Vimportance: How important is the value for the employee?
Bestaande discrepanties krijgen gewicht door het belang
Soorten satisfaction:
- Pay satisfaction
- Promotion satisfaction
- Supervision satisfaction (Boss competent, polite, …)
- Co-Worker satisfaction
- Work-itself satisfaction
Most important (1800min/2400min)
WORK SATISFACTION
3 Critical psychological states:
1. Meaningfulness of work
Variety
Identitiy = Something that counts
Significance
2. Responsibility for outcomes
Autonomy (Key drivers of the quality of work)
Satisfaction
= Pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’ job
High: Positive feeling (Becomes more and more rare)
Low: Negative feeling
WHY?
When the job provides what they value
Values: Pay, Co-workers, Status, …
VALUE-PERCEPT THEORY
Job Satisfaction X Whether you perceive your values at work
(Vwant – Vhave ) = (VImportance)
Vwant: : How much you want a value
Vhave: How much of the value is supplied by the job
Vimportance: How important is the value for the employee?
Bestaande discrepanties krijgen gewicht door het belang
Soorten satisfaction:
- Pay satisfaction
- Promotion satisfaction
- Supervision satisfaction (Boss competent, polite, …)
- Co-Worker satisfaction
- Work-itself satisfaction
Most important (1800min/2400min)
WORK SATISFACTION
3 Critical psychological states:
1. Meaningfulness of work
Variety
Identitiy = Something that counts
Significance
2. Responsibility for outcomes
Autonomy (Key drivers of the quality of work)
