What employee affect Job Satisfaction?

• Individual Difference Theory – postulates that some variability in job satisfaction is due to an individual’s personal tendency across situations to enjoy what she does
• What Individual Differences affect Job Satisfaction?

  1. Genetic Predispositions
  2. Core Self-Evaluations
  3. Culture
  4. Intelligence
• Emotional stability and extraversion were significantly related to job and life satisfaction
• Workers in different countries have different levels of job satisfaction
• Bright people have lower job satisfaction that do less intelligent employees in jobs that are not complex

  (People with these abilities should match the job with thier abilities)
• Discrepancy theory – when an employee’s expectations are not met, the results are lower job satisfaction, decreased organizational commitment, and an increased intent to leave the organization
• Needs/Supplies fit – the extent to which rewards, salary, and benefits received by employees are perceived to be consistent with their efforts and performance
• Social Information Processing Theory (Social Learning Theory) – employees observe the levels of motivation and satisfaction of other employees and then model those levels