Job Satisfaction
... Robins, the author discussed foundations of individual behavior and stated that the factors conducive to job satisfaction are metal challenging work, equitable rewards, supportive working conditions, and supportive colleagues. ... In general, their yearly merit review was based on factors such as creativity, attendance, completion of the job on time, communication skills. ... You were rewarded by how well you performed on the job during the previous year. Job satisfaction depended on not only pay raises, but also on other factors, such as mentally challenging work, freedom to make decisions, flexible hours. ... What kind of job satisfaction could you have when other workers get the same pay, but do not work as hard as you do? ... I guess they all feel they work hard and everyone has to do their job. ... They seem to feel the job is more important than their family and that they have to work hard for the company. ... As an American it is harder to find satisfaction if you are treated the same as a Japanese employee. How can you as an individual get job satisfaction in a Japanese company? According to the Equity Theory: job satisfaction exists when the workers perceive that there is equity in the ratio of what they put into a job and what is received from the job.