Psychological job satisfaction factors
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When you think about it, at least half of your waking day is spent at work. Put in those terms, it's hard to argue that job satisfaction is extremely important. But what goes into this elusive concept? Psyblog delves into the human psyche to figure it out, offering 10 different psychological factors that play into job satisfaction. For example:
Little hassles
If you ask doctors what is the worst part of their jobs, what do you think they say? Carrying out difficult, painful procedures? Telling people they've only got months to live? No, it's something that might seem much less stressful: administration.
We tend to downplay day-to-day irritations, thinking we've got bigger fish to fry. But actually people's job satisfaction is surprisingly sensitive to daily hassles. It might not seem like much but when it happens almost every day and it's beyond our control, it hits job satisfaction hard.
This category is one of the easiest wins for boosting employee satisfaction. Managers should find out about those little daily hassles and address them—your employees will love you for it.
Full story at Psyblog.
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