A Review of Job Satisfaction, the Influencing Factors and Consequences

A Review of course Satisfaction, the Influencing Factors and Consequences of Job Satisfaction inceptionJob pleasure has been gaining attention from both 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 review factors influencing job propitiation and consequences attributing to job satisfaction after reviewing some understanding of the meaning of the term and the reasons why job satisfaction is widely studied.Literature ReviewThe meaning of job satisfaction and the attractiveness for studiesIt is relevant that the meaning of job satisfaction is reviewed. Job satisfaction can be simply defined as the level at which employees have a positive feeling 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 pos itive 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 entirely agreeable and not satisfied at all at the two extremes. Importantly, job satisfaction can be the outcome of the employees general perception of the job as a whole or specific feeling towards antithetic aspects of the job. And the overall job satisfaction cannot be regarded as the result 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 undivided performance, Academy of Management Review, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 712-721Saari, L. M. & Judge, T. A. 2004, Employee attitudes and job satisfaction, Human Resource Management, 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, Sage Publications, Inc, CaliforniaSpencer, D. G. & Steers, R. M. 1981, Performance as a moderator of the job satisfaction-turnover relationship, Journal of Applied Psychology, vol. 66, no. 4, pp. 511-514Tett, R. P. & Meyer, J. P. 1993, Job satisfaction, organizational commitment, turnover intention, and turnover path analyses based on meta-analytic findings, Personnel Psychology, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 259-293