Job satisfaction

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**Job satisfaction** or **employee satisfaction** has been d in different ways. It may be as simple as the feeling of satisfaction with a job. If a person likes their job, they feel job satisfaction. When an employee performs their  well, they feel a sense of job satisfaction. In 1934, R.S. Uhrbrock was one of the first psychologists to use new s to  factory worker s. In 1935, R. Hoppock published a study of 500 teachers on how satisfied they were with their jobs. This study found that job satisfaction is affected by the work, the coworkers, and the . Before the 1930s, not many job satisfaction studies were published.

## Factors
### Environmental factors
Many   job satisfaction. Some factors are . They are  to a . They come from the work and the . 

In 1976, Edwin A. Locke wrote about the factors that lead to satisfaction or dissatisfaction at work. Although this list was written in the 20th century, many factors are the same in the 21st century also. 
*Work is . The employee is able to do the work. Tasks are at or slightly above his abilities, not below. Company , for example, about how employees are , can influence job satisfaction.  is another factor in job satisfaction. Opportunities for promotions to jobs with higher rank can increase job satisfaction. A communication  is the amount and the speed and the  of communication that a person has to process. People can experience communication . This is when they get too much information in too short a period of time. Or, when they get information that is too complex to process in a short period of time. People can also experience communication . This is when they do not get enough information. Both communication overload and communication underload can affect the level of job satisfaction.

### Personal factors
Some factors in job satisfaction are  or . Each person is affected in their own unique way. 

Moods and emotions at work are related to job satisfaction.  and  emotions are related to overall job satisfaction.

Genetics play a role in job satisfaction. One scientific experiment studied twins who were d . Researchers d the influence of genetics on the twins' job satisfaction. The study found that 70% of job satisfaction comes from the environment and 30% comes from genetic factors.

Some research shows a connection between personality and job satisfaction. Employees who do not feel alienated, or left out, have more job satisfaction. Employees who feel in control of their situation also have more job satisfaction. They show more  in their job and more  to the company.

Psychological well-being (PWB) is how well a person's   overall. It involves every part of a person's life: work, family, community, etc. PWB in the workplace plays an important  in determining job satisfaction and has attracted much research attention in recent years. These studies focused on the effects of PWB on job satisfaction and job performance.  Research published in 2000 showed a strong connection between PWB and job satisfaction. These studies showed that PWB predicts job performance better than job satisfaction does. The Job Descriptive Index measures job satisfaction in 5 ways: , , coworkers, bosses, and the  itself. The survey is simple. People answer yes, no, or ‘?’. There are other job satisfaction surveys, for example, the Job Satisfaction Survey and the Faces Scale. The Job Satisfaction Survey asks 36 questions about 9 factors in job satisfaction. The Faces Scale asks only one question. People answer by choosing a face.

## Related pages
*Motivation
*Quality of working life
*Work-life balance

## References