Employed individuals from a range of jobs (n=18) were interviewed using a repertory grid technique, to explore the criteria they used to distinguish between different jobs. The concepts of 'a good job' and 'a job good for health' were also discussed. Interactions with others and the job itself were the most commonly used criteria and were also the most common features of a 'good job'. Pay and s...

The uncertainties of grid sites security are main hurdle to make the job scheduling secure, reliable and fault-tolerant. Most existing scheduling algorithms use fixed-number job replications to provide fault tolerant ability and high scheduling success rate, which consume excessive resources or can not provide sufficient fault tolerant functions when grid security conditions change. In this pap...

Because of the paramount importance of job satisfaction and due to its main consequences such as reduction of work absence and resignation, personnel promotion and society’s health, and more importantly, its role in achievement of organization goals, this study aimed at investigating the effects of six social factors including personnel’s belief, salary and benefits, participation in organizati...

If workers choose between permanent and flexible contracts, utility should equalize. Estimates of job satisfaction using the British Household Panel Survey reveal the critical role played by unmeasured worker heterogeneity. Accounting for such heterogeneity, shows that flexible contracts are a strong negative determinant of satisfaction with job security but are often a positive determinant of ...

purpose: this study investigated the relationship between organizational factors and job burnout using descriptive-analytical method (correlational) at bank melli iran in the city of mahabad. materials and methods: fifty employees occupied in this organization were participated in the present study, using random selection method. questionnaire was means of collecting data. the studied variables...

We examine security analysts’career concerns by relating their earnings forecasts to job separations. Relatively accurate forecasters are more likely to experience favorable career outcomes like moving up to a high-status brokerage house. Controlling for accuracy, analysts who are optimistic relative to the consensus are more likely to experience favorable job separations. For analysts who cove...

the purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the walton’s quality of work life (qwl) factors and job satisfaction (js). the statistical population consisted of top and middle managers and experts of gas company of razavi khorasan province. a sample of 146 was selected based on proportional sampling method. a standard questionnaire as well as walton’s wlq factors for job ...