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Define job satisfaction and job performance. Does job satisfaction contribute
to job performance? Or does job performance lead to job satisfaction? In other
words, critically examine the relationship between job satisfaction and job
performance.
Subject Management 1
Lecturers Name
Ms.Nisha Hathiramani
Content
1.Introduction
2.What is job satisfaction?
3.Ways of attaining job satisfaction
4.What is job performance?
5. Other ways of attaining maximum job
performance
6.Relationship between job satisfaction
and performance
7.Conclusion
1.
Introduction.
2.
What is
job satisfaction?
"Job
2. Job environment
When there is a pleasant working environment in the
organization, for an example,a friendly environment where
everyone is treated equally and open to ideas and suggestions of
the employee, workers will feel less stressed and would be in a
mindset to work in an efficient manner, which would lead to job
satisfaction. This will allow the organizations to gain a better
output.
3. Job security
If the organization is not stable, the workers will start to worry
about their job security. This would ultimately decrease the
efficiency of the employee. Its the responsibility of the
organization to ensure the job security of the workers and ensure
job satisfaction
There are factors which has a huge impact on the job satisfaction,
both personal factors and organizational factors. These factors are
discussed below.
Organizational factors
1. Financial rewards
Organization can help the employees to gain job satisfaction
by rewarding them financially. For an example, increase in
salary, bonuses etc. Giving the employees recognition for a
job well done will also motivate them and hence will lead to
job satisfaction.
Personal Factors
1. Self-awareness
The employee should be aware about his/her weaknesses
and strengths and try to minimize his/her weaknesses and use
his/her strengths for their advantage in the work place, to get the
job done easily. This will give job satisfaction to the employee.
2. Positive attitude
3. Find a purpose
When the work assigned to the employee is not interesting,
the employee should find a way to make it interesting. In other
words, the employee should try to find a purpose to do the job.
When the employee find the job interesting, the employee will be
satisfied with the job
4.
Other Ways of attaining job
performance.
1. Stop multitasking
It is important that an employee should focus on a single
task without doing few tasks as it could decrease the productivity
or the performance.Therefore it is the responsibility of the
3. Set goals/targets
When a goal or a target is set, the employees will be
determined to achieve those set goals and objectives. Since the
employee is determined, the performance will increase, and as a
result, the organization will beable to achieve the organizational
goals and objectives.
4. Training
Training the employees is another way of attaining job
performance. It is important that the employee has a good
knowledge about the task the worker should complete. When the
5. Team work
It is important to learn to work as a team in a work place,
since it would help to divide the work load assigned and it would
also help to get new ideas to get the work done in an effective
and an efficient manner.
6.Conclusion
Although there were doubts in the past,by reviewing the
researches, it is clear that job satisfactions leads to job
performance. Even though job performance is an outcome of a
successful organization,when the employees are satisfied with
their jobs they will respond to their responsibilities. This will lead
to increased job performance. The organization should always
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124-143
Australian Journal of Business and Management Research Vol.1
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Mind Tools (2015) Retrieved from.
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