JOB SATISFACTION
Job satisfaction is a term used to describe how content an individual is with their job. It is a
relatively recent term since in previous centuries the jobs available to a particular person were
often predetermined by their parent‟s occupation.
Job Satisfaction also refers to the employee‟s general attitude towards his job. It refers to the
contentment experience by an employee when his wants are satisfied. Job satisfaction is defined
as positive affect of employees towards their job or job situations (Locke, 1976). Job satisfaction
is considered as the most important and frequently studied attitude in the field of Organizational
Behavior (Mitchel & Larsel Hoppock (1935) stated that job satisfaction is “any combinations of
psychological, physiological and environmental circumstances that cause a person truthfully say
„I am satisfied with my job‟. The term job satisfaction can be defined as a positive feeling about
one‟s job (Robbins, 2007) Job satisfaction is a set of favorable or unfavorable feelings and
emotions with which employees‟ view their work (Newstrom, 2007). Consequently they
advocated reform of management practices to reflect a humanistic concern for employees and to
enhance employee work satisfaction. Job satisfaction was subsequently linked to increases in
productivity, though the nature of causality has continued to be strongly debated (Katzell et al.,
1975).