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This document discusses a chapter about attitudes and job satisfaction from a textbook. It covers the three components of attitudes, the relationship between attitudes and behavior, major job attitudes like job satisfaction and involvement, how job satisfaction can be measured, main causes of job satisfaction, and four employee responses to dissatisfaction like turnover. The chapter aims to explain attitudes and job satisfaction to students.
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Introduction to the topic of attitudes and job satisfaction in the context of organizational behavior.
Outline of learning objectives, including understanding attitudes, behaviors, job satisfaction, and employee responses.
Exploration of attitudes as evaluative statements about objects, people, or events.
Discusses the connection between attitudes and behaviors, including cognitive dissonance.
Defining job satisfaction, job involvement, and psychological empowerment as major job attitudes.
Methods to measure job satisfaction and the variations in job satisfaction levels across cultures.
Exploration of factors influencing job satisfaction including pay, personality, and life satisfaction.
Identifying employee responses to job dissatisfaction, including performance impacts and turnover.
Recommendations for managers to monitor and improve employee job satisfaction to enhance performance.
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- 1. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. 18-1
- 2. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Chapter 3: Attitudes and Job Satisfaction
- 3. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Learning Objectives After studying this chapter, you should be able to: Contrast the three components of an attitude. Summarize the relationship between attitudes and behavior. Compare and contrast the major job attitudes. Define job satisfaction and show how we can measure it. Summarize the main causes of job satisfaction. Identify four employee responses to dissatisfaction.
- 4. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Contrast the Three Components of an Attitude Attitudes are evaluative statements – either favorable or unfavorable – about objects, people, or events. – They reflect how we feel about something. LO 1 3-4
- 5. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Contrast the Three Components of an Attitude LO 1 3-5
- 6. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Summarize the Relationship Between Attitudes and Behavior Early research: the attitudes that people hold determine what they do. Festinger proposed that cases of attitude following behavior illustrate the effects of cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance is any incompatibility an individual might perceive between two or more attitudes or between behavior and attitudes. Research has generally concluded that people seek consistency among their attitudes and between their attitudes and their behavior. LO 2 3-6
- 7. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Job Satisfaction A positive feeling about the job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics. Job Involvement Degree of psychological identification with the job where perceived performance is important to self-worth. Psychological Empowerment Belief in the degree of influence over one’s job, competence, job meaningfulness, and autonomy. LO 3 3-7 Compare and Contrast the Major Job Attitudes
- 8. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Organizational Commitment Identifying with a particular organization and its goals and wishing to maintain membership in the organization. Theoretical models propose that employees who are committed will be less likely to engage in work withdrawal even if they are dissatisfied, because they have a sense of organizational loyalty. LO 3 3-8 Compare and Contrast the Major Job Attitudes
- 9. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Compare and Contrast the Major Job Attitudes Employee Engagement The degree of involvement with, satisfaction with, and enthusiasm for the job. Engaged employees are passionate about their work and company. LO 3 3-9
- 10. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Define Job Satisfaction and Show How It Can Be Measured Job Satisfaction A positive feeling about a job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics. Two approaches for measuring job satisfaction are popular The single global rating. The summation of job facets. LO 4 3-10
- 11. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Define Job Satisfaction and Show How It Can Be Measured LO 4 3-11
- 12. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Define Job Satisfaction and Show How It Can Be Measured LO 4 3-12 How satisfied are people in their jobs? Over the last 30 years, employees in the U.S. and most developed countries have generally been satisfied with their jobs. With the recent economic downturn, more workers are less satisfied. Satisfaction levels differ depending on the facet involved. Employees in Western cultures have higher levels of job satisfaction as compared to employees in Eastern cultures.
- 13. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Define Job Satisfaction and Show How It Can Be Measured LO 4 3-13
- 14. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Define Job Satisfaction and Show How It Can Be Measured LO 4 3-14
- 15. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Summarize the Main Causes of Job Satisfaction What causes job satisfaction? Research shows that job satisfaction is correlated with life satisfaction. Pay influences job satisfaction only to a point. Personality also plays a role in job satisfaction. People who have positive core self-evaluations, who believe in their inner worth and basic competence, are more satisfied with their jobs than those with negative core self-evaluations. LO 5 3- 15
- 16. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Causes of job dissatisfaction
- 17. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Identify Four Employee Responses to Dissatisfaction LO 6 3-17
- 18. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Identify Four Employee Responses to Dissatisfaction More specific outcomes of job satisfaction include: Job Satisfaction and Job Performance Happy workers are more likely to be productive workers. Job Satisfaction and OCB People who are more satisfied with their jobs are more likely to engage in OCB. Job Satisfaction and Customer Satisfaction Satisfied employees increase customer satisfaction and loyalty. Job Satisfaction and Absenteeism There is a consistent negative relationship between satisfaction and absenteeism, but it is moderate to weak. LO 6 3- 18
- 19. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Identify Four Employee Responses to Dissatisfaction Job Satisfaction and Turnover A pattern of lowered job satisfaction is a predictor of possible intent to leave. Job Satisfaction and Workplace Deviance If employees don’t like their work environment, they’ll respond somehow. Managers Often “Don’t Get It” Many managers are unconcerned about employee job satisfaction. Others overestimate how satisfied employees are with their jobs, so they don’t think there’s a problem when there is one. LO 6 3- 19
- 20. Copyright © 2015Pearson Education Ltd. Implications for Managers Pay attention to your employees’ job satisfaction levels as determinants of their performance, turnover, absenteeism, and withdrawal behaviors. Measure employee job attitudes objectively and at regular intervals in order to determine how employees are reacting to their work. To raise employee satisfaction, evaluate the fit between the employee’s work interests and the intrinsic parts of his/her job to create work that is challenging and interesting to the individual. Consider the fact that high pay alone is unlikely to create a satisfying work environment.
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- #2 Welcome to this Organizational Behavior course that uses the 16th edition, Global Edition of the textbook, Organizational Behavior by Robbins and Judge. This is considered among the most widely used OB textbooks in the world. Robbins and Judge are recognized as definitive aggregators of OB concepts, applications, and practices. The course and this book will provide you with a resource that will benefit you throughout your degree program and your professional life. <number>
- #3 Chapter 3: Attitudes and Job Satisfaction <number>
- #4 The Learning Objectives for this chapter are to: Contrast the three components of an attitude. Summarize the relationship between attitudes and behavior. Compare and contrast the major job attitudes. Define job satisfaction and show how we can measure it. Summarize the main causes of job satisfaction. Identify four employee responses to dissatisfaction. <number>
- #5 Attitudes are evaluative statements or judgments concerning objects, people, or events. They reflect how we feel about something. In other words, saying, “I like my job” reflects your attitude toward work. <number>
- #6 Attitudes are made up of three components. The cognitive component is the belief in the way things are. The affective component is the more critical part of the attitude, as it is calls upon emotions or feelings. The behavioral component describes the intention to behave in a certain way toward someone or something. These three components work together to aid in our understanding of the complexity of an attitude. <number>
- #7 Early research assumed that attitudes were causally related to behavior. In the 1960s, Festinger argued that attitudes follow behavior. Sometimes we observe people who will change what they say so it doesn’t contradict their behavior. When attitudes and behaviors don’t line up, individuals will experience cognitive dissonance. This incongruity is uncomfortable and individuals will seek to reduce the dissonance to find consistency. People are willing to live with some discomfort, but the degree to which this is true depends on the importance of the elements, how much influence the individual has on the situation, and the rewards available. <number>
- #8 Most of the research in OB has been concerned with three major job attitudes: job satisfaction, job involvement, and organizational commitment. In addition, perceived organizational support and employee engagement are important. Job satisfaction is the positive feeling about the job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics. Job involvement looks at the degree of psychological identification with the job. Related to this is psychological empowerment, which is defined as employees’ beliefs in the degree to which they influence their work environment, their competencies, the meaningfulness of their job, and their perceived autonomy. <number>
- #9 Another important job attitude is organizational commitment, which is defined as the act of identifying with a particular organization and its goals and wishing to remain a member of the organization. <number>
- #10 Employee engagement goes beyond just job satisfaction and includes involvement and enthusiasm for the job. Highly engaged employees have a passion for their work and feel a deep connection to their company. Disengaged employees have essentially checked out – putting time but not energy or attention into their work. Engagement is a real concern for most organizations because surveys indicate that few employees – between 17 percent and 29 percent – are highly engaged by their work. Engagement is a very general concept, perhaps broad enough to capture the intersection of the other variables we’ve discussed. In other words, it may be what these attitudes have in common. <number>
- #11 As we have discussed, job satisfaction is defined as a positive feeling about a job resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics. There are multiple ways to measure job satisfaction, but two approaches are popular. The single global rating approach is a response to one question, such as, “All things considered, how satisfied are you with your job?” Respondents circle a number between 1 and 5 on a scale from “highly satisfied” to “highly dissatisfied.” The second approach, the summation of job facets, is more sophisticated. It identifies key elements in a job, such as the nature of the work, supervision, present pay, promotion opportunities, and relations with coworkers. <number>
- #12 When it comes to job satisfaction, some jobs are less attractive, as shown in Exhibit 3-2. <number>
- #13 Research shows that over the past 30 years, the majority of U.S. workers have been satisfied with their jobs. However, the recent economic downturn has generated a dramatic drop-off in satisfaction levels, with just half of workers reporting feeling satisfied now. The exhibits on the following two slides illustrate additional details regarding differences among job satisfaction, including the affect of particular facets and cultural context. <number>
- #14 As shown here in Exhibit 3-3, people have typically been more satisfied with their jobs overall, with the work itself, and with their supervisors and co-workers, than they have been with their pay and promotion opportunities. <number>
- #15 Exhibit 3-4 provides results of a global study of job satisfaction levels of workers in 15 countries. Mexico and Switzerland report the highest levels of job satisfaction. <number>
- #16 Interesting jobs that provide training, variety, independence, and control satisfy most employees. There is also a strong correspondence between how well people enjoy the social context of their workplace and how satisfied they are overall. Interdependence, feedback, social support, and interaction with co-workers outside the workplace are strongly related to job satisfaction even after accounting for characteristics of the work itself. Pay has an influence on job satisfaction but not as much as one might think. Typically, once a worker exceeds $40,000 per year, pay has limited impact on the level of satisfaction. Personality also plays a role in job satisfaction. Research has shown that people who have positive core self-evaluations, who believe in their inner worth and basic competence, are more satisfied with their jobs than those with negative core self-evaluations. <number>
- #18 There are a number of ways employees can express job dissatisfaction. These include… Exit: a behavior directed toward leaving the organization, including looking for a new position and resigning. Voice: actively and constructively attempting to improve conditions, including suggesting improvements, discussing problems with superiors, and some forms of union activity. Loyalty: passively, but optimistically, waiting for conditions to improve, including speaking up for the organization in the face of external criticism, and trusting the organization and its management to “do the right thing.” Neglect: passively allowing conditions to worsen, including chronic absenteeism or lateness, reduced effort, and increased error rate. Exit and neglect behaviors encompass our performance variables – productivity, absenteeism, and turnover. Voice and loyalty are constructive behaviors that allow individuals to tolerate unpleasant situations or to revive satisfactory working conditions. It helps to understand situations such as those sometimes found among unionized workers, when low job satisfaction is coupled with low turnover. <number>
- #19 The exit-voice-loyalty-neglect framework is helpful in understanding the consequences of dissatisfaction, but it’s quite general. Here, we can also explore how job satisfaction relates to job performance, organization citizenship behavior (OCB), customer satisfaction, and absenteeism. <number>
- #20 In addition, job satisfaction levels affect turnover and workplace deviance, as discussed here. Interestingly, many managers simply don’t seem to recognize that employee satisfaction can have an impact on a company’s bottom line. <number>
- #21 Creating a satisfied workforce is not a guarantee of successful performance, but managers should make it a priority as much as possible. In particular, managers should: Pay attention to employees’ job satisfaction levels as determinants of their performance, turnover, absenteeism, and withdrawal behaviors. Measure employee job attitudes objectively and at regular intervals in order to determine how employees are reacting to their work. Evaluate the fit between the employee’s work interests and the intrinsic parts of his/her job to create work that is challenging and interesting to the individual. Consider the fact that high pay alone is unlikely to create a satisfying work environment. <number>