Job Satisfaction

Also known as: Job Satisfaction · Family Satisfaction · Life Satisfaction

Theoretical lineage

Affective Events Theory (AET)

Weiss, Cropanzano · 1996

Affective Events Theory (AET) reframes work attitudes as the product of accumulated affective experiences. Hassles and uplifts at work trigger discrete emotions whose intensity is moderated by stable affective dispositions; these emotional reactions then drive both immediate aff…

Equity Theory (Equity)

Adams · 1965

Equity Theory holds that people evaluate the fairness of their work relationship by comparing their input-to-outcome ratio against a referent's. Perceived inequity — under-payment or over-payment relative to comparison others — produces tension and motivates behaviors to restore…

Job Characteristics Model (JCM)

Hackman, Oldham · 1976

The Job Characteristics Model (JCM) specifies five core job dimensions — skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback from the job — that map to three critical psychological states (experienced meaningfulness, experienced responsibility, knowledge of r…

Two-Factor Theory (Motivation-Hygiene) (Two-Factor)

Herzberg · 1959

Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory argues that satisfaction and dissatisfaction at work are not opposite ends of one continuum but two distinct phenomena driven by different factor sets. *Motivators* (achievement, recognition, the work itself, responsibility, advancement, growth) prod…

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