Check and Rate please - Writing Task II - Job Satisfaction
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:35 am
As most people spend a major part of their adult life at work, job satisfaction is an important element of individual wellbeing.
What factors contribute to job satisfaction?
How realistic is the expectation of job satisfaction for all workers?
In modern society, about half the waking hours are spent at work. As such, it is of immense importance to have a work environment that is fulfilling all desired ways. This essay seeks to shed light on the components of a satisfying work experience and also to analyze the plausibility of a fulfilling job for all the workers.
To begin with, a satisfying work experience has certain prerequisites. These may include having a job in a field one is genuinely competent and/or interested in. Also a work environment where employees are respected regardless of their position in the staff hierarchy usually breeds positivity, self-worth and ,thus, job satisfaction. Another element that plays an integral role in the level of work satisfaction is the amount of work, the less the better. This is demonstrated by the fact that employees are often seen complaining about the burden of work even in cases where they have job they hold expertise and interest in. Thus we see that there are several factors that can make or break work life contentment.
Moving on, the idea that job satisfaction can be a possibility for all workers has a couple of major hindrances in its way. Firstly, job creation is a function of consumer demand. This coupled with the idea that job satisfaction is inextricably related to one’s field of work makes clear that not all workers will get the chance to work in their field of interest as job opportunities in that particular field may be scarce. They will have to migrate to other relatively uninteresting jobs. The second hindrance deals with job satisfaction being linked to the respectability within work environment. As the internal environments of firms are hard to regulate by laws laying out codes of conduct, and as such attempts may even be considered a breach of a firm’s right to privacy, it is hard to imagine then the possibility of a non-hostile work environment for all. Thus we see that such an idea is hard to come to fruition as a result of the uncontrollable nature of the factors linked to job satisfaction.
To summarize, several factors such as the interest and competence in a particular job, employee relations and the amount of work contribute to job satisfaction. And the near impossibility to exercise control over these factors make the idea of all workers being fully satisfied an unrealistic one. At most what can be achieved is a general increase in worker satisfaction.
What factors contribute to job satisfaction?
How realistic is the expectation of job satisfaction for all workers?
In modern society, about half the waking hours are spent at work. As such, it is of immense importance to have a work environment that is fulfilling all desired ways. This essay seeks to shed light on the components of a satisfying work experience and also to analyze the plausibility of a fulfilling job for all the workers.
To begin with, a satisfying work experience has certain prerequisites. These may include having a job in a field one is genuinely competent and/or interested in. Also a work environment where employees are respected regardless of their position in the staff hierarchy usually breeds positivity, self-worth and ,thus, job satisfaction. Another element that plays an integral role in the level of work satisfaction is the amount of work, the less the better. This is demonstrated by the fact that employees are often seen complaining about the burden of work even in cases where they have job they hold expertise and interest in. Thus we see that there are several factors that can make or break work life contentment.
Moving on, the idea that job satisfaction can be a possibility for all workers has a couple of major hindrances in its way. Firstly, job creation is a function of consumer demand. This coupled with the idea that job satisfaction is inextricably related to one’s field of work makes clear that not all workers will get the chance to work in their field of interest as job opportunities in that particular field may be scarce. They will have to migrate to other relatively uninteresting jobs. The second hindrance deals with job satisfaction being linked to the respectability within work environment. As the internal environments of firms are hard to regulate by laws laying out codes of conduct, and as such attempts may even be considered a breach of a firm’s right to privacy, it is hard to imagine then the possibility of a non-hostile work environment for all. Thus we see that such an idea is hard to come to fruition as a result of the uncontrollable nature of the factors linked to job satisfaction.
To summarize, several factors such as the interest and competence in a particular job, employee relations and the amount of work contribute to job satisfaction. And the near impossibility to exercise control over these factors make the idea of all workers being fully satisfied an unrealistic one. At most what can be achieved is a general increase in worker satisfaction.