Job Satisfaction
Job satisfaction is the favorableness or unfavourableness with which employees view their work. As with motivation, it is affected by the environment. Job satisfaction is impacted by job design. Jobs that are rich in positive behavioural elements – such as autonomy, variety, task identity, task significance and feedback contribute to employee’s satisfaction. Likewise, orientation is important because the employee’s acceptance by the work group contributes to satisfaction. If better performance leads to higher rewards and if these rewards are seen as fair and equitable, then results in improved satisfaction. On the other hand, inadequate rewards can lead to dissatisfaction. In either case, satisfaction becomes feedback that affects one’s self-image and motivation to perform. The total performance-satisfaction relationship is a continuous system, making it difficult to assess the impact of satisfaction on motivation or on performance, and vice-versa.