attitude employees have toward their jobs.

extent to which an employee identifies with and is involved with an organization.

strong, consistent beliefs about their level of job satisfaction.

employee wants to remain with an organization and cares about the organization.

employees believe they must remain with an organization due to the time, expense, and effort they have already put into the organization.

employees feel an obligation to remain with an organization.

postulates that some variability in job satisfaction is due to an individual’s personal tendency across situations to enjoy what she does.

extent to which people believe that they are responsible for and in control of their success or failure in life.

perceived ability to master their environment.

states that employees model their levels of satisfaction and motivation from other employees.

theory of job satisfaction stating that employees will be satisfied if their ratio of effort to reward is similar to that of other employees.

theory that postulates that if employees perceive they are being treated fairly, they will be more likely to be satisfied with their jobs and motivated to do well.

perceived fairness of the decisions made in an organization.

perceived fairness of the methods used by an organization to make decisions.

perceived fairness of the interpersonal treatment that employees receive in an organization.

system in which employees are given the opportunity to perform several different jobs in an organization.

system in which employees are given more tasks to perform at the same time.

system in which employees are given more responsibility over the tasks and decisions related to their job.

employees are allowed to make more complex decisions.

they are given more tasks of the same difficulty level to perform.

theory suggests that certain characteristics of a job will make the job more or less satisfying, depending on the particular needs of the worker.

measure of the extent to which a job provides opportunities for growth, autonomy, and meaning.

employee groups that meet to propose changes that will improve productivity and the quality of work life.

measure of job satisfaction in which raters place a mark under a facial expression that is most similar to the way they feel about their jobs.