Consistent with prior research, the findings provide support for the positive association between task complexity and job satisfaction. While the importance of contextual variables has been mentioned in prior research on employee affective outcomes, few studies have directly examined their effect on job satisfaction. The current study extends prior research by documenting the importance of organizational context variables such as organizational complexity and perceived environmental uncertainty in the study of job satisfaction. More research is needed to identify and document the importance of other variables that may impact job satisfaction.
The results of this research indicate a need to examine the interaction effects of experience on individual dimensions of task complexity and organizational complexity. It is possible that experience in some ways moderate the influence of task complexity and organizational complexity on job satisfaction.