Essays on The True Relation of Job Satisfaction and Job Performance

Employee satisfaction and attitudes represent one of the key areas of measuring organizational effectiveness.... Employee satisfaction and attitudes represent one of the key areas for measuring organizational effectiveness.... The human relations movement, which stemmed from the Hawthome studies, is based on the idea that a managers concern for workers will lead to their increased satisfaction and improved performance.... Because of the importance of the links of task, contextual, and ethical performance with important measures of organizational effectiveness, one of the key goals of managers should be to create linkages between employee performance and their satisfaction....

o-called group think can occur when a team is lulled into a false sense of satisfaction and loses its critical edge.... Moreover, as the construction industry is project oriented the notion of project is to be understood as a unique set of coordinated activities, with a definite starting and finishing point, undertaken by an individual or organization to meet specific objectives within defined schedule, cost and performance parameters.... In this regard, it is an accepted truism in human resource practices that a good working relation among the management, the human resource and employees creates an opening “that in high performance work systems, the focus is on more than simply information sharing; they also involve the decentralization of decisions and work enrichment, that is providing employees with opportunities for involvement in decision-making and innovation” (Wood & de Menezes 2008, p 639)....

It is a way of evaluating job performance by employees in terms of quality of work, quantity of work, cost and time.... Not many of them leave their jobs since job satisfaction is almost guaranteed.... Target Corporation has an exceptional health scheme for employees and this has enhanced job satisfaction amongst employees.... Employees' morale has also been on the increase since they are sure of job security having made friendship with supervisors....

As the leader of the organization, one of the most critical challenges involves motivation of employees to increase job satisfaction and encourage productivity (Taylor & Rosenbach, 2012).... When leaders have high and positive expectations for their employees, they are more likely to give them engaging tasks, which, in turn, increases the self-esteem of employees, as well as on-the-job performance and confidence (Banks, 2011).... For example, team unity increases productivity and job satisfaction, while employees are happier in their job and find it easier to support one another....

So, when workers are engaged in their work through alignment of goals, superior employee ownership is created in the organization's eventual success, since the workers become more loyal and committed to the company and reach higher job performance levels (SuccessFactors, 2014).... This as mentioned by Rey and Mignin (2008) results in higher morale and job satisfaction, as well as worker retention since the organization is staffed with employees who are extremely experienced, productive and loyal....

The study also finds that linking financial incentives to performance usually does not work and other reinforcing factors such as appreciation, recognition, challenging assignments, and clarity of job role have a role to play in positively impacting employee performance.... The author of the paper "Motivation in the Workplace" will begin with the statement that to cope up with the turbulent business environment organizations try to implement different motivation techniques to retain and motivate the staff and thereby enhance performance....

The role of women has changed immensely from its traditional roots.... A woman remains to be seen as the heart of the home, the primary nurturer of the family, the source of emotional support, however, she has evolved into something much more than a homemaker.... ... ... ... The women's movement is greatly responsible for the empowerment of the “fairer sex”....

The paper "Using Balanced Scorecard to Improve performance" accents that organizational functions are generally controlled by the top-level management of the company.... They also have the responsibility to review the level of performance and control the internal factors.... Business management functions involve analyzing and organizing the business methodologies, processes, and systems and accordingly work to increase the performance of the business....

Measures of performance at Lloyds TSB are geared towards the faster completion of task completion.... Measurement of performance is not towards goal accomplishments but task completion, and the process revolved around the bureaucratic process of form filling.... Every job is subdivided into tasks so as to determine the appropriate ways in which the tasks could be accomplished.... The different tasks in a job would be effectively be reconstructed to ensure that the job is efficient as is able to contribute to the overall productivity of the organization....

However, the motivation plan recommends that the salaries of high performers and those that have shown leadership potentials in the job design and job enrichment parts be reviewed as these personnel would really deserve and expect some tangle reward for the ability that they have learned that they can do (Trank, Rynes, & Bretz 331).... Still, it is this fact that must spur HR practitioners, as experts of human psychology, to really dig deeper and find out the true sentiments on their respective labor force (Rynes, Gerhart, Minette 381)....

Some employees may realize the need for improvement while others may get very upset when they hear that their job performance is considered to be unsatisfactory. ... Leniency errors refer to the tendency managers have to assign high performance ratings to all or most employees, regardless of their actual job performance.... Halo effects occur when the rating on one aspect of job performance influences ratings on other aspects of performance.... ach dimension of job performance is linked to work-related activities and it is clear where one stands in relation to fellow employees in the new system....

This paper discusses Bradford District Care Trust which is one of a small number of Care Trusts, which provides health and social care services to people with mental health and/or learning disabilities.... The Trust has three thousand two hundred clinical and support employees.... ... ... ... According to the paper, people hold the key to a more productive and efficient organization....

his research is aimed at evaluating customer experience for an online store and extensive understanding of the various factors of online presence and ensures customer satisfaction and retaining.... he case for consideration is Jobcentre Plus and Gum tree which perhaps the most widely known example of job search websites in UK.... hat kind of job description is of real good and makes an impression to the job seekers? ... Our client must consider the Quality Requirements addressed by (Pressman, 2000) and aim to maximize performance in usability, functionality, reliability, efficiency and maintainability....

n the work set up, the trade unions and other employment agencies play an important role in the facilitation of the work environment and facilitation of job seeking.... At the workplace, fairness and good performance are complementary.... SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE WORKPLACE At the workplace, fairness and good performance are complementary.... In the employment, this promotes the equal chance for the straight and the bisexual gays and lesbians to work and effectively get to enjoy workplace without fear of termination of the job....

Hence, the performance data, profit performance, customer satisfaction and the appraisal rating become very important to McDonalds.... Team satisfaction and team turnover are imperative for the success of a fast food joint.... So, equal forethought and time slots are allotted to administrative work, documentation, recruitee training, wage reviews, performance reviews and disciplinary actions and awards, pecuniary or otherwise.... McDonald employees have basic pay and an additional pay for good performance, although this is a rare occurrence....

Many locals complain that there is an imbalance in the job market, resulting in mass unemployment because of the influx of expatriates in the region.... While this does not mean that the value of expatriates is being undermined, the fact that more jobs vacancies seem to be filled by the expatriates translates to a lot of local Saudi job applicants without the job that they want.... Statistics have determined that at the moment, there are 448,000 Saudi locals who are without a job and are still on the search....

The report compares each country's performance at providing women with: primary, secondary and tertiary education; equal pay for equal work; non-discrimination policies; access to childcare; property ownership rights; ability to access credit.... I would recommend here that the government should perform a survey in which they would approach women employees and ask them about their satisfaction level regarding the maternity leave issue.... The main argument of this article is that Australia being a developed nation still lags behind in the employment relation system when it is the question of its citizens' human rights....

The author discusses the major challenges manager face in trying to improve worker's performance through training .... In the following project, the author tries to discuss the importance and requirement of training, the objective of training and needs for training within organizations....

An organization with employees who have the tendency for absenteeism will not be in a position to achieve her set goals properly as this impact on their overall performance.... An organization with employees who have the tendency for absenteeism will not be in a position to achieve her set goals properly as this impact on their overall performance.... Besides, the mode of communication within an organization between the employees at various levels is equally an important area to look at when evaluating the performance of any organization....

The effect of organisational culture and leadership style on job satisfaction and organisational commitment: a cross-national comparison.... In the hotel business, such values as customer satisfaction and its corollaries- excellent service and outstanding management of the hotel facilities, can be deemed as defining, and from there management can take its cue when leading people and making decisions.... In the transactional leadership style, the focus is on rewards and punishment for performance and behavior....

healthy organization is one in which there are low levels of stress, high organizational commitment and job satisfaction, no fear of litigation, good safety and accident records and low rates of absenteeism, sickness and labor turnover. ... areer development can cause stress through over-promotion or under-promotion, lack of job security, fear of redundancy/ retirement, fear of obsolescence and sense of being trapped.... Employers should therefore treat employees fairly in terms of performance rewards in order to motivate them....

Management can encourage development of their employs by increasing their skill level through training, creating motivation and job satisfaction, linking employees for problem sharing and support, creating effective communication channels throughout the organization.... Hard HRM entails planning, job enlargement and job rotation.... According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs that any employee needs is a salary, benefits, safety in the work place and job security (NFIB, 2008)....

However, responsibility and opportunities for advancement are considered satisfiers which can lead to better job performance (Chewning, Eby & Roels, 1990, pp.... He cites the example of a manager who sets up a program of rewards and recognition for job performance, but a general unrest about the system is soon felt within the employees.... Creating successful processes that provide foreseeable outcomes that will be successful and have mutual benefits will help to promote more job satisfaction when accompanied with responsibility and opportunity....

The creative industry entails individual creativity, skill and talent which are critical in wealth and job establishment through the generation of intellectual property ((Maramotti, 2000, 208).... Furthermore, better working conditions, offer populace wider opportunities for job satisfaction, as well as social interaction within their working place, or with other workers, from different organizations.... Fundamentally, they are indeed always correlated with a wobbly structure of job security, with stumpy value added and restricted export earnings....

It was one of the factors that affected the job performance and the “Leading ability” based on the job performance equation: “job performance = Abilities X Motivation X Org.... According to the Langton, Robbins, Judge, 2010, Affective Events Theory "employees react emotionally to things that happen to them at work and this emotional reaction influences their job performance and satisfaction"[Page 62].... ros: Employee's performance can be monitored and can be corrected if there is any deviation. ...

The creative industry entails individual creativity, skill and talent which are critical in wealth and job establishment through the generation of intellectual property ((Maramotti, 2000, 208). ... Furthermore, better working conditions, offer populace wider opportunities for job satisfaction, as well as social interaction within their working place, or with other workers, from different organizations.... Fundamentally, they are indeed always correlated with a wobbly structure of job security, with stumpy value added and restricted export earnings....

The aim of this research "Human Resources Management in Supporting Corporate Strategy" is to improve human resources practices in Abu Dhabi government entities that will support Abu Dhabi government strategy for its vision 2030 to be best top-five management in the world .... ... ... Human resource management has becomes important as aspect of the corporate world....

Previous studies have all highlighted the importance of strategic measures by which the company can improve their performance.... To meet the demands of an era characterized by intense competition, companies have adopted various strategies which are all aimed towards the betterment of their performance.... However, it was argued that not all of the firms that have adopted the said strategies have experienced the intended performance....

Assessment of my suitability for jobs concerning standards of performance set by companies has been very meticulous during interviews due to the nature of qualities required for and responsibilities attached to the job.... he reflective report concerning the use of graduate attributes in entering the job market, the development of these attributes in work experience and participation in social activities, its relevance to employer's needs and satisfied work-life....

I have been employed in several corporations and despite their size or performance have never come across such focus to ensure employee satisfaction.... I believe that if I got a job at Google, I would be a hard working individual based on their focus to enhance the employee experience rather than focusing on profitability alone.... I want to work in an organization or a job that offers challenging tasks so as to solve challenging problems and provide me with a sense of achievement....

This study aims to study the impact of the employee perceived fairness of performance appraisal on their satisfaction and job performance.... or long periods, emphasis has been put on performance management by organizations so as to help improve the commitment of employees as well as improving the job performance.... The Multi-Trait-Multivariate Approach to Measuring Managerial job performance.... he study will help in improving the system of performance appraisal in the organization to be fairer on the part of the employees so as to ensure that it leads to greater employee satisfaction and commitment to the organization....

According to Laurent (2012, 31), the resource manager should ensure customer satisfaction and total quality management measures are taken into consideration.... This paper ''The Role of Resources Manager on the Business'' tells us that the resource manager is very crucial in the Thai day spa business plan....

According to the theory, job satisfaction and dissatisfaction are driven by both the motivation and hygiene factors.... The employees, who use the computer technology heavily, are noticed to be associated with lower level of job satisfaction.... inkages between Technology and job Satisfaction 6 ... inkages between Technology and job Satisfaction ... Rapid market changes, introduction of new technologies have forced the organizations to examine the linkages between the technology and job satisfaction of the employees....

Just-in-time performance, 3.... The paper "The Historical Development of Operations Management" highlights that CNC machines are very easily set up and run, and the programs are simply loaded, the setup time in the production process is cut dramatically.... This is a huge impact on the present-day just-in-time production requirements....

Another study Price and Weiss (2000) made it evident that athletes have less negative physiological impact but high satisfaction and morale when their coaches or instructors provide positive feedbacks, offer social support, and makes democratic decision without stressing more on the autocratic style.... Leadership and performance beyond Expectations.... The Relationships Between Leader Behavior, Follower Motivation, and performance.... Team performance in Health Care: Assessment and Development....

Health workers in the NHS do their job round the clock and the impact has resulted into stress, thereby causing illnesses and sicknesses and subsequent early retirement.... Work related stress is caused by various factors, some of which are categorized as pressure from work, environment, circumstances, pressure from staff, patients or the NHS organization (due to directives....

The second step is measuring the performance in the company and compare it with their plans.... The third step is finding the root causes of poor performance or defect by analyzing process.... According to Howard (2008), Total Quality Management Now Applies to Managing Talent, putting a right person in the wrong job is the most common problem in companies.... Secondly, customer satisfaction is the only logical method to maintain the high level of progress and success in companies....

These approaches are focused on the needs of the employers hence making them to increase their level of performance out output within the.... These approaches are focused on the needs of the employers hence making them to increase their level of performance out output within the organization.... These approaches are focused on the needs of the employers hence making them to increase their level of performance out output within the organization....

Given the widespread acceptance of the causal link between loyalty and firm performance, it is perhaps not surprising to find that customer loyalty for brick-and-mortar firms has been linked to antecedent factors ranging from relationship duration, to service reliability, to servicescape attributes (Harris & Goode, 2004). ... ou achieve customer satisfaction when you sell merchandise that doesn't come back to a customer who does. ... After determining the customers' needs and desires, marketers develop strategies and/or techniques that are designed to educate customers about a product's most important features, persuade them to buy it, and then to enhance their satisfaction with the purchase....

In other words motivation and job satisfaction a person receives as part of a team will be more compared to his performance individually.... The credit will go to the marketing team led by the leader and the true achiever gets only a part of the credit.... Many business Gurus believe that team work is the best way to increase the productivity and improve the performance of the employees.... Mourning is the last stage of a team performance in which the team members relieved from their assigned duties....

He did not fаctor in other costs аssociаted with employee personаl problems: poor job-relаted decisions, decreаsed work quаlity, eаrly retirement, аnd workers compensаtion clаims.... Employees who believe they hаve little opportunity for cаreer аdvаncement tend to be less loyаl, less committed, аnd less sаtisfied on the job thаn their co-workers who project cаreer аdvаncement.... аmes Greiff ( 2002) postulаted thаt 10 percent to 15 percent of Britishаdults develop problems thаt interfere with their job effectiveness....

Researchers have discovered many issues, which influence teachers' job satisfaction in a significant way.... However, they all agree that measuring job satisfaction is challenging because teachers are not in harmony with what satisfies them throughout their career.... Teachers with 6-10 years valued “respect as professionals” as the key element in their job satisfaction while those with more than 10 years regarded “respect for their knowledge and experience” as their chief need (2003, p....

Treatment of workers has an effect on their job performance.... This is usually beneficial to the business through improved productivity amongst the employees, which is attributed to job satisfaction.... High productivity in employees is attributed to job satisfaction.... Strategic human resources management is the practice involving promotion of an organizational culture aimed at developing skills amongst the employees and ensuring that their performance is enhanced through all the available means for the purpose of improving their productivity in order to accomplish the organizational objectives (Armstrong 2009 p....

RM is the organizational function that deals with issues related to people such as compensation, hiring, performance management, organization development, safety, wellness, benefits, employee motivation, communication, administration, and training.... mong the most important process of human resource management the following ones may be pointed out: recruitment, education, performance management, promotion, etc....

The paper "The Impact of Leadership Styles on the Organisation performance Abu Dhabi Municipality" states that only transformational and transactional leadership styles have affected the organisational performance in relation to the effort, effectiveness and satisfaction aspects of its people.... The implementation of the transactional and transformational leadership styles in the Abu Dhabi Municipality has positively affected the organisational performance in the latter, focusing on its effects on the increase in the effort of the employees, is more effective and is satisfied as to the leadership implemented....

Assume that in the same situation the second employee excels in job performance based solely on his being allocated significantly higher business resources than the satisfactory employee.... 2004, Effects of performance appraisal politics on job satisfaction ... addresses the performance management tool designed to measure employee performance known as the performance appraisal and highlights the corporate tools available to reduce bias in the review process....

The performance management of Cathay Pacific is based on the determination to retain the customers, which this company has, as well as to provide the best services for them.... In order to achieve this, it frequently evaluates the performance of its customers by conducting.... performance Appraisal is the estimation of how the employees of an organization (in this case Cathay Pacific) have performed over a certain period as well as to gain an understanding of how these employees work....

The lack of cooperation between the members of the different teams can have a very severe influence to the performance of the company (see also Lajara, Lillo and Sempere, 2002, who state that the lack of cooperation between the employees can destroy even an international joint venture), b) the teams seem to suffer also from lack of diversity as this assumption can be extracted from the limited participation of women and foreigners in the teams.... The differentiation of the corporate culture regarding the specific issue is being considered – for the above mentioned reasons – as absolutely necessary and the adoption of specific and effective measures towards this direction should be prioritized in the company's strategic plan c) the lack of cooperation between the staff participating in each team is also creating a ‘hostile' environment for positive performance and cultivates the competition between the employees....

The main objective of the current research is to assess several motivational theories in terms of scalability, effectiveness.... Moreover, the research "Principles of Management: Motivational Theories" will address the aspects of implementing such theories on an abstract level.... ... ... ... The term motivation possesses something in itself, according to Robbin's motivation is 'the process that accounts for an individual's intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal', motivation always put a very positive impact on not only an employee's mind but on every single living being in this world....

Hence employee safety, work life balance and job satisfaction has to be looked into.... Summary of Learning Outcomes from this internship Internship experience is highly essential for a management student and job seeker.... Literature Review Effective employee satisfaction and employee loyalty process help the human resource management of an organization to maintain effective work culture and conflict free work environment.... According to these employees, the management of the organization hardly bothers about the employee satisfaction and motivation process....