Other scholars refer to the relationship between the individual and the specific job environment in which
one operates from, to explain job satisfaction (Mottaz, 1985; Kristof, 1996; Brief, 1998). The person-environment fit
paradigm upholds that the individual’s job satisfaction is likely to be higher when the job environment fulfils the
needs, values, or personal characteristics. However, regardless of the theoretical approach used to study job
satisfaction, most studies have identified at least two general classifications of precursor variables, namely
environmental factors and personal characteristics (Judge et al., 2010). Environmental antecedents of job satisfaction
relate to factors that are associated with the job itself as well as the work atmosphere, and personal factors focus on
individual attributes and characteristics. In this paper, job satisfaction is taken to be the attitude of employees toward
various components of their job.