Job satisfaction

Job satisfaction is defined as a collection of attitudes next to your job. You like parts or all of it. It is important to measure it because in the study of organizational behavior is correlated with performance. Of course, a wise organization measures the satisfaction of its employee and takes action to improve it. Going to work...

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Specific personality characteristics related to organizational behavior

First time I heard about “locus of control” from one of my colleagues, a psychologist. My friend Google helped me to find out more about it. Julian Rotter in 1966 published an article about locus of control. He is also developed the social learning theory (a post about it to follow). It seems that there are three...

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Job design vs. Motivation

Job design is in itself a convention. Starting with the Scientific Management of Frederick W. Taylor, the work of the employees (managers not included) was simplified to the smallest unit possible, mainly repetitive tasks. The concern for motivation in the work environment has change the purpose of job design. Job satisfaction,...

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When your job makes you happy

A job is not only about the money. It is about a compensation that is satisfactory, a challenging work environment, the opportunities for moving forward in your career, and about the people that you work with. Even if you would like your job to be something repetitive, with fixed hours and just breaking the door when the bell rings,...

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