It will explain what causes and determine the Job satisfaction and its determination

1. Factors of Job Satisfaction

2. Job Satisfaction
• Job satisfaction is how content an individual is
with his or her job, in other words whether or
not they like the job or individual aspects or
facets of jobs, such as nature of work or
supervision.

3. Job Satisfaction
• Satisfaction in work and the work
environment is the basic constituent of
employee job.
• Employee attitudes and values influence their
behavior.
• Positive outlook and backup from HR helps
modify behavior resulting in higher
performance levels.

4. How it can be measured?
It can be measured through:
• Global approach
• Facet approach

5. Determinants of Job satisfaction
• 1) organizational factors
• 2) Personal Factors

6. Organizational Factors
1) Occupational level
• The higher the level of the job, the greater is
the satisfaction of the individual
• This is because higher level jobs carry greater
prestige and self control

7. 2) Job Content
• Greater the variation in job content and the
less repetitiveness with which the tasks must
be performed, the greater is the satisfaction of
the individual involved.

8. 3) Considerate leadership
• People like to be treated with consideration.
• Hence considerate leadership results in higher
job satisfaction than inconsideration
leadership

9. 4) Pay and promotional opportunities
• All other things being equal these two
variables are positively related to job
satisfaction.
• i.e if we pay and promotional opportunities
are increased It will result in an increase in job
satisfaction.

10. • 5) working conditions
• Working for 8 hours or more can be really
tolerable If you have a great crew working
along with you
• You will want to go to work if your
organization provides you with the good
workplace, communication and encouraging
environment.

11. 6) Respect from Co-Workers
• Employees seek to treated with respect by
those they work with.
• Managers need to step in and mediate
conflicts before they escalate into more
serious problems requiring disciplinary action

12. 7) Workload and stress level
• Dealing with the workload that is far to heavy
and deadlines that are impossible to reach can
cause job satisfaction to erode for even the
most dedicated employee.
• Falling short of deadlines results in conflict
between employees and supervisors and
raises the stress level of the workplace.

13. Personal factors
• 1) Personality Job fit
• Individuals should be assigned the job that
suits interest.
• Recently it has been seen that MBA graduates
are satisfied with their jobs it they get the job
related to the ‘’specialization’’ they have
chosen during the MBA degree.

14. • 2) Work itself
• One of the key finding from the research is the
open expression of fulfillment in workplace to
gain fulfillment in their work is a power
motivator
• To be fulfilled people need to value their day
to day work activities. People need to have a
sense of accomplishment or pleasure from the
work itself.

15. • 3) Role Perception
• Different individuals hold different perception
about their role.
• Job satisfaction is determined by this factor
also. The more accurate the role perception o
an individual, the greater his satisfaction.