Abstract

The purpose of this assignment is to examine the impact that stress, job satisfaction, and motivation can have on workplace performance and commitment. We will examine how motivation theories, organizational commitment, the difference between stress and stressors, and ways that an organization can help an employee to cope with stress and motivate their staff. This examination will point out limitations from both an employer and employee standpoint and combined theories from the three different chapters by Colquitt to help determine a plan of action for those who decide to proceed with the positive changes.

Introduction There high costs but financial and reputable, associated with workplace stress, job satisfaction, and employee motivation. Here we will discuss the impact of job satisfaction, job characteristics that help explain specific workplace situations, the consequences that stress has on employers and their employees, motivation theory, and some feasible approaches from both an employer perspective and an employee perspective on how to indicate the issues and had while working on a solution that will impact everyone involved in a more positive manner.
Context/Situation
The situation I will refer to in this paper is one where I was an employee in a small business of about ten. At this company the work was divided by states. There were four matchmakers: one for the west coast, one for AZ, one for NYC, and one for the east coast. While I was the youngest and newest employee, only having been there a little over two years, I had the same work hours as the rest of the matchmakers yet more clients and less pay. Each of the matchmakers had less than 40 clients and where I was originally given 40, as time went on and the company saw how good I was at my job and how hard I worked, clients began to pile up on my desk and topped out near 150. I was