Levels of self-reported job satisfaction and motivation were measured by survey in a sample of 286 teachers. Using the discrete choice framework, the paper tries to assess the relevance of the considered indicators (demographic, social, motivational) in overall teaching work satisfaction. The findings provide evidence that job satisfaction is correlated significantly with level of university de...

The present study was conducted on the sample of 50 workers employed in open cast mines of BCCL, Dhanbad (INDIA). The ultimate aim of the present study was to assess the stressstate and its effect on task performance, job involvement and job satisfaction of workers employed in stress arousing job situations i.e., open cast mines. The following variables were used in the present study: (1) Predi...

Acceptance, the willingness to experience thoughts, feelings, and physiological sensations without having to control them or let them determine one's actions, is a major individual determinant of mental health and behavioral effectiveness in a more recent theory of psychopathology. This 2-wave panel study examined the ability of acceptance also to explain mental health, job satisfaction, and pe...

The evaluation of science uses a variety of bibliometric indicators mostly based on citations despite not having an unequivocal relationship between citations and scientific quality. These indicators however, encompass more than an indication of visibility, relevance and impact of the articles and may represent in a researcher’s career prestige, job opportunities, career promotion, awards, rese...

A person’s work performance is mainly based on their qualities and on the job position held. Several models have been proposed to assess this performance by means of a set of predictor variables (qualities) and all the models consider boolean variables, i.e. the presence-absence of each quality in each person and the need or not of a particular quality for a certain job. In despite of the used ...

We manipulate workers’ perceived meaning of a job in a field experiment. Half of the workers are informed that their job is important, the other half are told that their job is of no relevance. Results show that workers exert more effort when meaning is high, corroborating previous findings on the relationship between meaning and work effort. We then compare the effect of meaning to the effect ...

Education has long been considered a key predictor of job performance. However, the relevance educational qualifications to performance academic administrative staff in university Western Cape province South Africa is not understood by managers university. This study aimed determine relationship between and among positions make recommendations improve current situation. It utilized Individual W...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To assess Malaysian nurses' perceived job satisfaction and to determine whether any association exists between job satisfaction and intention to leave current employment. BACKGROUND There is currently a shortage of qualified nurses, and healthcare organisations often face challenges in retaining trained nurses. Job satisfaction has been identified as a factor that influenc...