In the last byte, we discussed an interesting concept - Organizational Citizenship Behavior. In today's byte we continue our discussion about work attitude and deal specifically a certain interesting aspects in the study of job satisfaction and the behavior of people, also talk about how cultures impacts job satisfaction.
It is common human behavior to avoid something that is not pleasing, work too is no exception to this. A common employee behavior that is seen when something is not enjoyable at office, employees tend to delay the closure of what they see as a seemingly uninteresting job. They do this by avoiding devoting time on it, there by delaying it. Another behavior that is seen in employees when they do not enjoy their work is abscentism. It is generally seen that the worker's dissatisfaction with work is the main reason for people being absent at work.
Job Satisfaction is also influenced by the culture. For the sake of discussion, we could take the scene in the United States and Korea. American Managers place a high value on outcomes, autonomy, independence and achievement; this is in line with the belief that “works for its own sake" and this is central part of their life. The Koreans in contrast are found to place family before work. The Americans are found to find greater job satisfaction through intrinsic job factors while Koreans are found to prefer extrinsic factors.
The current global nature of work requires managers to understand that job satisfaction is significantly affected by culture.
It is common human behavior to avoid something that is not pleasing, work too is no exception to this. A common employee behavior that is seen when something is not enjoyable at office, employees tend to delay the closure of what they see as a seemingly uninteresting job. They do this by avoiding devoting time on it, there by delaying it. Another behavior that is seen in employees when they do not enjoy their work is abscentism. It is generally seen that the worker's dissatisfaction with work is the main reason for people being absent at work.
Job Satisfaction is also influenced by the culture. For the sake of discussion, we could take the scene in the United States and Korea. American Managers place a high value on outcomes, autonomy, independence and achievement; this is in line with the belief that “works for its own sake" and this is central part of their life. The Koreans in contrast are found to place family before work. The Americans are found to find greater job satisfaction through intrinsic job factors while Koreans are found to prefer extrinsic factors.
The current global nature of work requires managers to understand that job satisfaction is significantly affected by culture.
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