Arbeitszufriedenheit
Zufriedene Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter sind produktiver, seltener krank und verursachen geringere Sozialkosten. Arbeitszufriedenheit hat aber nicht nur Vorteile für Betriebe. Das Wohlbefinden am Arbeitsplatz ist auch ein wichtiger Indikator für die Qualität der Arbeit selbst. Doch was ist überhaupt Arbeitszufriedenheit? Wie wird sie gemessen? Welche Faktoren und Prozesse fördern, welche schränken sie ein?
Das Thema Arbeitszufriedenheit steht seit Jahrzehnten im Mittelpunkt kritischer wissenschaftlicher Auseinandersetzungen. Die Infoplattform gibt einen Überblick über aktuelle Arbeiten und ausgewählte ältere Publikationen zu theoretischen Ansätzen und empirischen Resultaten der Arbeitszufriedenheitsforschung.
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Literaturhinweis
Women on the assembly line: a comparison of main and interactive explanations of job satisfaction, absence and mental health (1987)
Clegg, Chris; Wall, Toby; Kemp, Nigel;Zitatform
Clegg, Chris, Toby Wall & Nigel Kemp (1987): Women on the assembly line. A comparison of main and interactive explanations of job satisfaction, absence and mental health. In: Journal of occupational psychology, Jg. 60, H. 4, S. 273-287.
Abstract
Die Arbeit berichtet über die Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie, in der nach den Auswirkungen von Fließbandarbeit auf Arbeitszufriedenheit, Fehlzeiten und psychische Verfassung von Fließbandarbeiterinnen gefragt wird. Während für die Arbeitszufriedenheit und indirekt auch für die mentale Verfassung ein Zusammenhang nachgewiesen werden konnte, ergaben sich für die Fehlzeiten keine Effekte. Die Studie basiert auf der Befragung von 209 Frauen eines Betriebs der nordenglischen Nahrungsmittelindustrie. (IAB)
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Job satisfaction and the fit between individual needs and organizational rewards (1983)
Scarpello, Vida; Campbell, John P.;Zitatform
Scarpello, Vida & John P. Campbell (1983): Job satisfaction and the fit between individual needs and organizational rewards. In: Journal of Occupational Psychology, Jg. 56, H. 4, S. 315-328.
Abstract
"Many conceptualizations of job satisfaction view job satisfaction as a function of the match between the rewards offered by the work environment and the individual's pattern of needs for those rewards. However, the correlation between the need/reward match and job satisfaction typically is not very high, resulting in a considerable number of 'off-quadrant' cases (i.e. dissatisfied people whose expressed needs are met by the work situation and vice versa). The purpose of this study was to determine if people who have higher or lower job satisfaction than their need/reward match would predict view their careers differently from those whose job satisfaction can be predicted. Subjects were 185 volunteers employed by research and development units of two multinational corporations. They were classified into quadrants using measures of job satisfaction, need importance, and reward availability developed as part of the Minnesota Work Adjustment Project. Information about vocational and career issues was collected by a half-hour open-ended interview. Results indicate that individual differences in aspiration level and different views of career progression help explain current job satisfaction over and above the match of needs and rwards." (Author's abstract) ((en))
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Predicting Job Performance by Use of Ability Tests and Studying Job Satisfaction as a Moderating Variable (1976)
Ivancevich, John M.;Zitatform
Ivancevich, John M. (1976): Predicting Job Performance by Use of Ability Tests and Studying Job Satisfaction as a Moderating Variable. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 9, H. 1, S. 87-97. DOI:10.1016/0001-8791(76)90010-5
Abstract
"This empirically based study of 324 technicans investigated the moderating impact of job satisfaction in the prediction of job performance criteria from ability test scores (Employee Aptitude Survey). The performance measures investigated were unexcused absences, tardiness, cost per project, supervisory ratings, and behaviorally anchored scales developed by technicians in the parts and in the instrument units of the organization. The findings suggest that the type of job satisfaction facet and the performance criterion used are important considerations when examining satisfaction as a moderator. That is, only for some facets and criteria did satisfaction moderate the relationship between predicted and actual performance." ((en))