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Robbins and Judge: Attitudes and Job Satisfaction
Robbins and Judge: Attitudes and Job Satisfaction
Organizational
Behavior
15th Global
Edition
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behavior.
Compare and contrast the major job attitudes.
Define job satisfaction and show how it can be measured.
Summarize the main causes of job satisfaction.
Identify four employee responses to dissatisfaction.
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The opinion or
belief
segment of an
attitude
Cognitiv
e
Affectiv
e
Behavior
al
Attitude
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The emotional
or feeling
segment of an
attitude
An intention to
behave in a certain
way toward
someone or
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something
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Attitude
Mitigating Variables
Its accessibility
Predict
s
Behavio
r
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Job Involvement
Degree of psychological identification with the job
Logical Empowerment
Belief in the degree of influence over the job,
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a point.
After a certain amount of money
there is no relationship between
amount of pay and job satisfaction.
Money may bring happiness, but not
necessarily job satisfaction.
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Satisfaction.
People who have positive core selfevaluations, who believe in their inner worth
and basic competence are more satisfied
with their jobs than those with negative core
self-evaluations.
Those with negative core self-evaluations
set less ambitious goals and are more likely
to give up when confronting difficulties.
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