Very many organisations are concerned with promoting the employees\u2019 job satisfaction. This is often measured through regular employee satisfaction surveys.<\/p>\n In brief, job satisfaction concerns the employee\u2019s overall assessment of how satisfied she (or he) is with her\/his work situation. Job satisfaction has its positive aspects. It can contribute to good social relations, creativity and a diminished tendency to look for another job (turn-over).<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cSatisfaction is less suited for predicting good performance and the employees\u2019 dedication to attaining set goals,\u201d claims organisational researcher Karoline M. H. Kopperud.<\/p>\n She believes satisfaction is necessary, but not a sufficient condition for well-being at work. Job commitment, challenges and interest are also crucial factors for a good working life.<\/strong><\/p>\n On track with well-being<\/strong><\/p>\n In her doctoral project at BI Norwegian Business School, Kopperud has conducted three studies of well-being at work.<\/p>\n In the first study, which is part of her thesis, Karoline M. H. Kopperud (together with Professor Joar Vitters\u00f8 at the University of Troms\u00f8) conducted a diary survey among 120 employees. The participants were to discuss five episodes from a normal working day. For each of the episodes the participants had to answer questions linked to well-being.<\/p>\n \u201cThe participants in the study experienced commitment, interest and challenges more often than satisfaction when they worked with their core tasks,\u201d Karoline Kopperud points out.<\/p>\n And the combination of commitment, interests and challenges is what makes us experience well-being at work<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The study does not provide any basis for claiming that satisfaction is part of promoting job commitment, interest and challenges.<\/p>\n \u201cJob commitment is more relevant than satisfaction with regard to what we actually experience at work. It is also more relevant for factors that promote performance.\u201d<\/p>\n Facilitate commitment<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cSatisfaction and commitment at work affects behaviour in different ways,\u201d Kopperud points out.<\/p>\n When we are aiming for job satisfaction, we do not perform to the best of our ability. With an interest in goals and challenges, job commitment will help us succeed in attaining demanding goals. Commitment will also be a driving force in reaching our goals if we experience adversity and make mistakes along the way.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cEmployers will benefit more from contributing towards the well-being of the employees rather than keeping the employees satisfied. Job commitment contributes to well-being and better performance,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n Kopperud advises companies to include measuring of job commitment in their employee surveys in addition to or instead of measuring the employees\u2019 satisfaction.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.bi.edu\/research\/News\/news-2012\/employee-well-being-is-an-employers-dream\/<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the BI Norwegian Business School press release via AlphaGalileo: Employers will benefit more from contributing towards the well-being of the employees rather than keeping the employees as satisfied as… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,8],"tags":[192,59,126,102],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1254,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1252\/revisions\/1254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/therapytoronto.ca\/images\/splash\/canstockphoto1011102.jpg\" "\\"happy")
Employers will benefit more from contributing towards the well-being of the employees rather than keeping the employees as satisfied as possible.<\/strong> This is documented in a doctoral thesis at BI Norwegian Business School.<\/p>\n