Comcast: How to Satisfy the Unsatisfied Worker Comcast Corporation is a publicly traded global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, high speed internet and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. Comcast headquarters is in Philadelphia. Comcast applies the latest innovation and technology to entertain, inform
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SAJEMS NS 13 (2010) No 3 237 The relaTionship beTween employee moTivaTion and job involvemenT S Govender and SB Parumasur School of Management Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal Accepted March 2010 Abstract The study aims to assess the current level of, and relationship between, employee motivation and job involvement among permanent and temporary employees in various departments in a financial institution. This cross-sectional study was undertaken on 145 employees who were drawn by
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There have been many studies that examine the relationship between job satisfaction and job absenteeism as absence from work is commonly viewed as one of the options of being in a stressful work environment. According to Luthans (1995), research has generally revealed that when satisfaction is high, absenteeism tends to be low and when satisfaction is low, absenteeism tends to be high. Even though this link has been found to be rather moderate, the underlying assumption is that absence
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Analysis of the Case The Division of Environmental Assessments is now a very important governmental unit, because its mandate has been switched from environmental impact assessment to assessment of environmental plans of oil and gas developments. Based on the importance of oil and gas, this division is clearly under pressure to meet demands and expectations of clients. For this reason, the leadership as well as team members working with the division must employ new strategies that not only increase
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AMBA 620: Managing People and Groups in the Global Workplace Week 3 Individual Paper January 24, 2009 Abstract This paper will focus on how job satisfaction, job stress, and motivation can impact performance and commitment in the workplace. I will outline my specific experience as a young professional in Washington, DC. After I finished my undergraduate studies and while in my first graduate program, I had the fortunate opportunity of working with a public health accreditation agency
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The performance of the Nuclear Tube Assembly Room has been significantly improved by Mr.Walter Long’s design method of highly motivating jobs for his workers. The recommendations laid out in the Process Engineer Proposal (PEP) will damage both the workers’ morale and put Mr. Long’s current success in the NTAR efforts in vain. In order to successfully start the LDTC and maintain the high improved performance of the NTAR, I recommend the PEP be rejected and your company create a new proposal that
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found that job satisfaction is a mediator variable in the relationship between perceived organisational support and organisational commitment. The aim of this study is, (i) to analyse the effect of organisational support on job satisfaction, (ii) to analyse the effect of organisational support on the dimensions of organisational commitment, (iii) to analyse the effect of job satisfaction on the dimensions of organisational commitment, and (iv) to analyse the mediating effect of job satisfaction on the
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49-62 Effects of Job Redesign: A Field Experiment‘ EDWARD LAWLER J. RICHAKD E. III? HACKMAN, STANLEY AND KAUFMAN Yale University A telephone company project to redesign the job of directory assistance operator was: studied in order to determine the effects on workers of “job enrichment” programs. The change increased the amount of variety and the decisionmaking autonomy in the operator’s job. However, no change in work motivation, job involvement, or growth need satisfaction occurred as a result
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group is largely due to Mr. Long’s job design, which matched task characteristics and workers’ skills and interests. Additionally, Mr. Long’s method of empowering workers for success and encouraging them to meaningfully connect with their labor has transformed “agitators” and “troublemakers” into the company’s most valuable employees. Core job dimensions—skill variety, task identity, autonomy and feedback are also positively related to overall job satisfaction. Skill variety& Task identity Workers
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Job satisfaction is one of the most important work attitudes in organizational behavior, and the important issue for workers in organizations. The determinants of job satisfaction are pay, promotion opportunities, supervision, coworkers, and the work itself. There is many factor are affecting its levels. First of all ,the work situation is the main factor determinant of job satisfaction .the most notable situational influence on job satisfaction is the nature of the work itself, which includes
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