Job - between Stability and Satisfaction

ABSTRACT.One of the most important components of individual's life, which may bring personal satisfaction, is the job. The economic environment in an accelerated dynamics causes the reduction of individual's perception of what having job satisfaction means, in favor of the perception for having a job. Human ideals comply with reality very few times. In the specialized literature, the term "engaged" is used more and more often. Employee engagement does not mean you are happy, satisfied with your job; it is, in fact, the emotional commitment that someone has towards the company in which they work and its objectives (Kruse, 2011). JEL codes: M12Keywords: career; organizational climate; engaged; satisfaction; stability1. IntroductionIn talking about stability, satisfaction, it is very useful to use Abraham Maslow's scale for hierarchy of needs (basic needs, physiological ones, safety need, the need for group affiliation and human contact need; the need for social status and esteem, the need for self-achievement). The need for a job is found in a higher position, the one before self-achievement. A need, once fulfilled, brings along satisfaction. Satisfaction varies from one employee to another, depending on individual professional projection. If, during our student days, many of us had not lofty ideals, aspirations subsequently increased and job satisfaction has become difficult to achieve, much more as a series of self external factors intervenes. In the analysis of job satisfaction, we shall include the following items: stability motivating salary, appreciation or recognition of others, the opportunity to develop a career, organizational climate and communication.2. Job Satisfaction Seen from Two Different Perspectives: Employee and EmployerIn the new information society, human capital has replaced the financial capital as a strategic resource (Manolescu, 2003). To be able to achieve their objectives, companies have to face challenges that request their ability to secure and maintain competitive success, an important role being played by staff strategies and policies. From the perspective of the employer who wants efficiency in terms of efficacy, staff strategies and policies should focus on the desired employee ever since recruitment and selection. Psychosocio-professional profile will be the one designed by the employer and corroborated with the job requirements. Every employer wants to get maximum efficiency from employees, exploiting their utmost abilities and skills. On the other hand, the reasons given are not stimulating to human resources.In this period of strong socio-economic instability, the very possibility of having a job became a motivator for the Romanian employees. Fear of restructuring and job restriction cause concern, but also motivation to work, to demonstrate the effects of their competence.Motivating factors are currently more likely of emotional - spiritual nature, due to the fact that people share content with their superiors' appreciation to the prejudice of wages motivation. Exceptions are the multinational companies, treating their employees as a priority, realizing the strategic importance of human resource. Of course the wage motivation is appropriate to the efforts of employees far exceeding similar positions in public institutions and even in certain private companies.Another important matter is the comfort we feel when going to work, i.e. organizational climate. Organizational climate is found in the specialized literature as the mentality of the staff that tends to prevail in a given period, the reflection of both organizational culture and recent development in the organization, particularly the economic and managerial ones (Nicolescu and Verboncu, 2001). Remuneration has been an important factor in employment decision making in a company, as well as to remain in that company, i.e. to have stability. It is even a strong motivator for those employees who know that, based on achieving some indicators, they may hope to be provided with salary increases or bonuses. …