Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Personnel
and Organisation, grade: none, course: Organization behaviour, language:
English, abstract: According to Suzan M, heartfield, Employee
satisfaction is a terminology used to describe whether employees are
happy and contented and fulfilling their desires and needs at work. Many
measures purport that employee satisfaction is a factor in employee
motivation, employee goal achievement, and positive employee morale in
the workplace. Whereas job satisfaction is generally positive the
organization's success, it can also be a downer if mediocre employees
stay because they are satisfied with your work environment. Several
factors including; treating employees with respect, providing regular
employee recognition, empowering employees, offering above
industry-average benefits and compensation, providing employee perks and
company activities, and positive management within a success framework
of goals, measurements, and expectations all contribute to an employee's
level of satisfaction. Employee satisfaction is looked at in areas such
as: management, understanding of mission and vision, empowerment,
teamwork, communication, and coworker interaction. Some of the signs of
lack of employee satisfaction are high levels of absenteeism and staff
turnover and can affect the organization's bottom line, as recruitment
and retraining take their toll. But few organizations have made job
satisfaction a top priority, perhaps because they have failed to
understand the significant opportunity that lies in front of them.
Satisfied employees on the other hand tend to be more productive,
creative and committed to their employers, and recent studies have shown
a direct correlation between staff satisfaction and their performance.
For example, employers who can create work environments that attract,
motivate and retain hard-working individuals will be better positioned
to succeed in a competitive environment that demands qual
