JOB SATISFACTION DEFINITION

1.According to Spector , “the pleasurable emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s
job as achieving or facilitating the achievement of one’s job values” and “the extent to which
people like (satisfaction) or dislike (dissatisfaction) their jobs.

2.McCormick and Joseph Tiffin define it as satisfaction with one’s job which in turn is a
function of the degree of need satisfaction derived from or experienced in the job.

3.M. Banerjee defined job satisfaction as a pleasurable positive emotional state resulting from
the appraisal of one’s job or experience. It results from the perception that one’s job fulfills or
allows the fulfillment of one’s important job values and to the degree that these values are
congruent with one’s needs.

4.Tripathi describes job satisfaction as an employee’s general attitude toward his job. To the
extent that a person’s job fulfills his dominant need and is consistent with his expectations and
values, the job will be satisfying.

5.P.K. Ghosh and H.B. Ghorpade defined job satisfaction as the favourableness
or unfavourableness with which employees view their work. It results when there is a fit between
job requirements and the wants and expectations of employees. It expresses the extent of
match between the employees‟ expectations of the job and the rewards that the job provides

6.P. Subbarao and V.S.P. Rao defined job satisfaction as the pleasurable emotional state resulting
from the appraisal of one’s job as achieving or facilitating the achievement of one’s job values.

7.Aswathappa gives a few definitions of job satisfaction:

Job satisfaction is the amount of the overall positive effect (or feelings) that individuals
have towards their jobs. It is the amount of pleasure or contentment associated with a job. If you
like the job intensely, you will experience high job-satisfaction; if you dislike your job intensely,
you will experience job dissatisfaction. Job satisfaction is a set favourable or unfavourable
feelings with which employees view their work.

8.Narayana and Rao describe job satisfaction as an integral component of organisational climate
and an imporant element in the management-employee relationship. Job satisfaction is a positive
emotional state that occurs when a person’s job seems to fulfill important job values, provided
these values are compatible with one’s needs.

9.K. Joyce and Thorton found job satisfaction refers to the feelings and emotional aspects
of individuals‟ experience of their jobs, as different from the intellectual or rational aspects”.
They observe that job satisfaction is a dynamic changing idea that reflects an individuals‟
attitudes and expectations towards his work and goals in life. Job satisfaction is the feeling an
employee has about his pay, work, promotion opportunities, co-workers and supervisors”.

10.Bullock considers job satisfaction as "an attitude which results from a balancing
and summation of many specific likes and dislikes experienced in connection with the job".

11.Sinha and Aggrawal have defined job satisfaction as "a persistent affective state which has
arisen in the individual as a function of the perceived characteristics of his job in relation to his
frame of reference".

12.According to Davis Keith job satisfaction is the favourableness or unfavourableness with

which the employees view their work.

13.Vroom defined job satisfaction as workers’ emotional orientation toward their current job
roles.

14.Similarly, Schultz stated that job satisfaction is essentially the psychological disposition of
people toward their work.

15.Lofquist and Davis defined job satisfaction as “an individual’s positive affective reaction of
the target environment as a result of the individual’s appraisal of the extent to which his or her
needs are fulfilled by the environment”.

16.Stephen P. Robbins defines job satisfaction as an individual’s general attitude toward his or
her job. A person with a high level of job satisfaction holds positive attitudes to the job, while a
person who is dissatisfied with his or her job holds negative attitudes to the job.

17.Nair defined job satisfaction and organisational commitment from the organisational
behaviour perspective of specific interest and the complex relationships between job satisfaction
and job performance.
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