Title: Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction (With Diagram)
Headings: Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction (With Diagram)
Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction (With Diagram)
Definition of Job Satisfaction:
A few definitions of job satisfaction are quoted as follows:
There are three important dimensions to job satisfaction:
Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction:
These factors can be explained with the help of the chart:
These factors can be discussed in detail as follows:
A. Organisational Factors:
Some of the organisational factors which affect job satisfaction are:
1. Salaries and Wages:
2. Promotion Chances:
Promotional chances considerably affect the job satisfaction because of the following reasons:
3. Company Policies:
B. Work Environmental Factors:
The work environmental factors include the following important factors:
1. Supervision:
First is Employee Centeredness:
Second is Participation:
2. Work Group:
The nature of the work group or team will have effect on job satisfaction in the following ways:
3. Working Conditions:
C. Work Itself:
Some of the aspects of the work which affect job satisfaction are:
(i) Job Scope:
(ii) Variety:
(iii) Lack of Autonomy and Freedom:
(iv) Role Ambiguity and Role Conflict:
(v) Interesting Work:
D. Personal Factors:
Some of the important personal factors are:
1. Age and Seniority:
2. Tenure:
3. Personality:

Content: The nature of the work group or team will have effect on job satisfaction in the following ways: (i) A friendly, and co-operative group provides opportunities to the group members to interact with each other. It serves as a source of support, comfort, advice and assistance to the individual group members. If on the other hand, the people are difficult to get along with, the work group will have a negative impact on job satisfaction. ADVERTISEMENTS: (ii) The work group will be even a stronger source of satisfaction when members have similar attitudes and values. In such a group, there will less friction on day to day basis. (iii) Smaller groups provide greater opportunity for building mutual trust and understanding as compared to larger groups. Thus, the group size and quality of interpersonal relations within the group play a significant role in worker’s satisfaction. 3.