What Is Job Satisfaction and Why Is It

Important?
Have you asked yourself lately if your job is right for you?

Are you aware of what right actually means?

Determining whether you are satisfied with your job, whether it is right for you, and
why that is important often involves personal intuition and circumstances. For some
people, the right job might entail earning a certain salary. For others, the right job
might involve having a supportive team.

With more than 21,000 participants in their study, researchers Dobrow Riza, Ganzach,
and Liu (2018) found that over a 40-year span, people who stayed in the same
organization over time became less satisfied, and people who moved to different
organizations over time became happier.

What does this mean? Does job satisfaction come from staying in an organization or
leaving it? If someone were to stay in an organization, what would retain their
satisfaction?