FUN IN THE WORKPLACE: TOWARD AN ENVIRONMENT-BEHAVIOR FRAMEWORK RELATING OFFICE DESIGN, EMPLOYEE CREATIVITY, AND JOB SATISFACTION By ALEXANDRA M. MILLER A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF INTERIOR DESIGN UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2005 Copyright 2005 by Alexandra M. Miller ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First, I would like to thank my committee chair, Dr. Margaret Portillo, for her direction and guidance
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CHAPTER 15 Job Design LEARNING OBJECTIVES When you have finished studying this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Describe and contrast the common approaches to job design. 2. Discuss the linkages between job design and technology. 3. Explain the job characteristics enrichment model and its relationship to work motivation. 4. Describe the sociotechnical systems model and its relationship to organizational effectiveness. Preview Case: Texas Nameplate Company COMMON JOB DESIGN APPROACHES
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IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM) e-ISSN: 2278-487X, p-ISSN:2319-7668, PP 29-35 www.iosrjournals.org Empirical study of Employee job Satisfaction Muhammad Rizwan 1, Waqas Mehmood Khan (Corresponding Author)2, Hafiz Muhammad Aqeel Tariq 3, Abdul Ghaffar 4, Malik Zubair Anjum5, Ehsan Ullah Bajwa 6 2 Lecturer, Department of Management Sciences – The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (Pakistan) , 3, 4, 5,6Student, Department of Management Sciences – The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
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We will also assess the negativity of Walt’s attitude towards work and his potential reaction if satisfaction were to decrease. Finally, we will conclude with a brief look at what Ken could do in order to increase Walt’s satisfaction without hindering the other draftsmen’s’ job satisfaction. To begin, Walt’s attitude can be described as a negative one. We can perceive that he has low job satisfaction and therefore a negative feeling about his job. His statement “I did all my work and even more; what
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relationship between online environments And Customer Satisfaction (Iran Computer Hardware Industry) Mahmoud Manafi (mahmoud_manafi@yahoo.com) Roozbeh Hohabri (rhojabri@gmail.com) Kamran Karimi (kami_harmonica@yahoo.com) Seyed Mehdi Fatemi (mehdi_fatemi_drh@yahoo.com) Seyed Salman Fatemi (salmanfatemi@gmail.com) Kaveh Mehrnia (k_m261156@yahoo.com) Abstract In this quantitative article research first, the main factors in customer satisfaction in online environment of Iran in hardware industry
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1 LITERATURE REVIEW ABSTRACT The economic recession that hit the world in 2007 resulted in global downsizing in many prestige organizations and its effects of workers productivity. This literature reviews focuses on affective organizational commitment among survivors of organizational restructuring and downsizing. It focused on middle level managers and employees in supervisory positions because survivors of this group are often called upon to assume expanded roles, functions and responsibilities
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dependable, timely and cost-effective manner, while balancing the needs of our most valuable resource - our PEOPLE. HR Objectives: • Provide a work environment where at least 80% of our employees have good to high job satisfaction. • Preserve our culture by maintaining 80% mean and 90% mode on performance against our Guiding Values. • Align Human Resources and Organizational Development services by working within the operating expense goals of the
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organizational problem I have experienced is about the shortage of nurses and increasing turnovers of nurses globally due to lack of job satisfaction. Three organizational behavior theories can be used to explain the cause of the problem I have experienced. First OB theory is job satisfaction. The second is motivation which is closely linked to job satisfaction. And finally is the social perception. The focus of this paper is to analyze a study regarding the study involving 2250 nurses from Shaghai
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Given the recent findings which indicate that job satisfaction is largely genetically determined, why should managers care about employee job satisfaction? Please, discuss. The role of employee job satisfaction in the overall performance of the firm is factually very important. Indeed, in the case of job dissatisfaction, employees tend to be more focused on the negative aspects of their work rather than on achieving their objectives, so they are less involved and less concentrated which affects directly
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I S S U E S A N D IN N O V A T I O N S IN N U R S I N G E D U C A T I O N Nurse educators’ workplace empowerment, burnout, and job satisfaction: testing Kanter’s theory Teresa P. Sarmiento MScN RN College Nurse Educator, George Brown College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Heather K. Spence Laschinger Canada PhD RN Professor and Associate Director Nursing Research, School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Carroll Iwasiw EdD RN Professor and Director
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