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Chapter 8
Job Satisfaction, Commitment
and Behaviors
PSYC 2171 Fall 2008
Job Satisfaction, Commitment and Behavior
Job Satisfaction
job satisfaction - the degree of pleasure an employee derives
from his or her job
I/O psychologists have been studying this for many years
Why?
Do you think the average job
satisfaction in the U.S. has increased
or decreased over the years?
Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior
Job Satisfaction
 Measuring Job Satisfaction:
 Many measures of job satisfaction have been developed (e.g., Job
Descriptive Index; Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire; Faces)
 You can measure job satisfaction at two levels:
 Global job satisfaction (Overall, I am satisfied with my job)
 Job facet satisfaction (pay, supervisor, coworkers, working
conditions, etc.)
Multi-faceted nature of JS
W o r k
S a tis fa c tio n
P a y
S a tis fa c t io n
P r o m o tio n
S a tis fa c t io n
S u p e r v is io n
S a tis fa c t io n
C o w o r k e r
S a tis fa c tio n
G e n e r a l
J o b S a tis fa c tio n
Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior
Job Satisfaction
 Predictors of Job Satisfaction:
 Situational
 Dispositional
Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior
Job Satisfaction
Usually studied in relation to 3 outcomes
Performance
Turnover
Absenteeism
Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior
Organizational citizenship behavior
-work behavior that goes above and beyond the required duties of the job
(also called contextual performance; prosocial behavior, extra-role
performance)
What kinds of things do you do on your job that go above and beyond
your required duties?
Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior
Dimensions of citizenship behavior:
altruism
conscientiousness
courtesy
sportsmanship
civic virtue
Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior
Why do people perform OCBs?
1. Dispositional origins:
conscientiousness
agreeableness
Organizational Attitudes and Behavior
Why do people perform OCBs?
2. Situational origins:
fairness perceptions
Other reasons?
Organizational Attitudes and Behavior
Organizational commitment - the extent to which an
employee feels a sense of allegiance to his or her employer
Types of commitment:
Affective
Continuance
Normative
How does each type relate to outcomes like performance,
absenteeism and turnover?
SAMPLE ORGANIZATIONAL
COMMITMENT ITEMS:
What kind of commitment do these items seem to be
measuring?
I feel as if this organizations problems are my own.
This organization has a great deal of personal meaning for
me.
I would be happy to work at this organization until I retire.
I enjoy discussing my work organization with others.
SAMPLE ORGANIZATIONAL
COMMITMENT ITEMS:
What kind of commitment do these items seem to be
measuring?
Too much in my life would be disrupted if I decided I wanted
to leave my organization now.
I was taught to believe in the value of remaining loyal to one
organization
SAMPLE ORGANIZATIONAL
COMMITMENT ITEMS:
Targets of Commitment
Coworkers
Supervisor
Organization
Profession

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  • 1. Chapter 8 Job Satisfaction, Commitment and Behaviors PSYC 2171 Fall 2008
  • 2. Job Satisfaction, Commitment and Behavior Job Satisfaction job satisfaction - the degree of pleasure an employee derives from his or her job I/O psychologists have been studying this for many years Why? Do you think the average job satisfaction in the U.S. has increased or decreased over the years?
  • 3. Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior Job Satisfaction Measuring Job Satisfaction: Many measures of job satisfaction have been developed (e.g., Job Descriptive Index; Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire; Faces) You can measure job satisfaction at two levels: Global job satisfaction (Overall, I am satisfied with my job) Job facet satisfaction (pay, supervisor, coworkers, working conditions, etc.)
  • 4. Multi-faceted nature of JS W o r k S a tis fa c tio n P a y S a tis fa c t io n P r o m o tio n S a tis fa c t io n S u p e r v is io n S a tis fa c t io n C o w o r k e r S a tis fa c tio n G e n e r a l J o b S a tis fa c tio n
  • 5. Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior Job Satisfaction Predictors of Job Satisfaction: Situational Dispositional
  • 6. Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior Job Satisfaction Usually studied in relation to 3 outcomes Performance Turnover Absenteeism
  • 7. Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior Organizational citizenship behavior -work behavior that goes above and beyond the required duties of the job (also called contextual performance; prosocial behavior, extra-role performance) What kinds of things do you do on your job that go above and beyond your required duties?
  • 8. Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior Dimensions of citizenship behavior: altruism conscientiousness courtesy sportsmanship civic virtue
  • 9. Job Satisfaction, Commitment, and Behavior Why do people perform OCBs? 1. Dispositional origins: conscientiousness agreeableness
  • 10. Organizational Attitudes and Behavior Why do people perform OCBs? 2. Situational origins: fairness perceptions Other reasons?
  • 11. Organizational Attitudes and Behavior Organizational commitment - the extent to which an employee feels a sense of allegiance to his or her employer Types of commitment: Affective Continuance Normative How does each type relate to outcomes like performance, absenteeism and turnover?
  • 12. SAMPLE ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT ITEMS: What kind of commitment do these items seem to be measuring? I feel as if this organizations problems are my own. This organization has a great deal of personal meaning for me. I would be happy to work at this organization until I retire. I enjoy discussing my work organization with others.
  • 13. SAMPLE ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT ITEMS: What kind of commitment do these items seem to be measuring? Too much in my life would be disrupted if I decided I wanted to leave my organization now. I was taught to believe in the value of remaining loyal to one organization
  • 14. SAMPLE ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT ITEMS: Targets of Commitment Coworkers Supervisor Organization Profession