of different work-related constructs, and the notion that "a happy worker is a productive worker" should not be the foundation of organizational decision-making. For example, employee personality may even be more important than job satisfaction in regards to performance. Job satisfaction has also been found to be impacting the shorter job tenure among persons with severe mental illness. Absenteeism Numerous studies have been done to show the correlation of job satisfaction and absenteeism. For example, Goldberg and Waldman looked at absenteeism in two dimensions as total time lost (number of missed days) and the frequency of time lost. Self-reported data and records-based data were collected and compared. Following absenteeism measures were evaluated according to absenteeism predictors. Self-report time lost self-reported frequency records-based time lost Only three categories of predictors had a significant relationship ratio and were taken in account further: Health Wages Position level This research results revealed that absenteeism cannot be predicted by job satisfaction, although other studies have found significant relationships. See also References Industrial and organizational psychology Employee relations Organizational behavior