This study investigates how the culture of an organization is related to the job satisfaction and turnover intentions of government accountants. I show that perceived organizational support serves as a mediator between organizational culture and both turnover intentions and job satisfaction. I evaluate how cultural effects have changed over time, and assess how the relations between the hypothesized associations differ between supervisory and staff accountants. I also look for differences in how accountants and primary care nurses may perceive organizational culture. I develop the constructs of interest, describe the proposed relationships, develop hypotheses, describe the sample frame, provide a detailed review of the methodology and describe the results. I conclude with a discussion of implications and limitations.

Team-based management is a popular contemporary method of redesigning jobs in order to more effectively utilize the human potential of employees. The use of such management techniques should result in increased satisfaction and team commitment; however, many research studies have failed to demonstrate increases in affective outcomes on the part of the employee. The research question examined in this study is, "What specific job dimensions and situational factors result in higher levels of satisfaction and team commitment?" The Job Characteristics Model (Hackman & Oldham, 1975) provided a basis for this study. The model was designed for individual contributors and has not been extensively used in team research. As expected it was found that within a team-based environment higher levels of the five core job dimensions of skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and job feedback were associated with increased satisfaction and team commitment. Organization-based self-esteem was found to mediate the relationship between the five core job dimensions and the affective outcome variables. Contrary to expectations, however, it was found that consultative team members experienced higher levels of satisfaction and commitment than substantive team members. In addition, consultative team members reported higher levels of two core job dimensions, skill variety and task significance, and on the overall Job Diagnostic Survey than did substantive team members. These findings have significant implications for companies undergoing organizational redesign and questions whether those companies should implement advanced levels of employee involvement activities if the organizational goal is to increase satisfaction and commitment. The study employed a survey research design in which data was collected using a self-report questionnaire. A heterogeneous sample of 183 team members participating in either a consultative and substantive team from four different companies in nine locations provided the data for this field survey. Multivariate analyses, including hierarchial set regression, were used to test the hypotheses.

AND KEY WORDS The thesis is focused on the motivation of nurses working in intensive care and presents theoretical and empirici part. The aim of the theoretical part is to define the concept of motivation from the perspective of psychology. Among other things, it includes motivation of employees to perform a quality work and last but not least, motivation and job satisfaction of nurses in health care. The work will also include examples of research on thist topic. Practical part inculdes quantitative research which is in form of questionnaire. This research is compared to other researches with focus on the motivational elements of nursing. In conclusion, the data are analyzed statisticaly and evaluated in the final discussion. Keywords: motivation, lack of motivation, management, job satisfaction, nurse.

The main aim of this thesis is defining employee loyalty in its entirety and describing the concept of employee loyalty based on a qualitative research. The concept has been proposed by using theoretical knowledge, semi-structured interviews and qualitative method of thematic analysis with a partial process of grounded theory. The concept corresponds to the main research questions, and therefore formulates a theoretical definition of employee loyalty, loyalty aspects, and implications and possibilities of influencing loyalty within organizational processes. The results obtained illustrate the relationship between the job satisfaction and employee loyalty. The job satisfaction affects building and maintenance of a loyal employee relationship with the organization, but it could be also the consequence of such loyal relationship. The aspects of employee loyalty can include: personal skills, satisfaction, reciprocity of investments in the relationship, interpersonal trust, sharing of similar values and beliefs, experience, positive attitudes and desires, moral background, clear expectations and mapping of potential changes on both sides, knowledge of mutual goals, willingness to put common goals above individual ones, own responsibility towards common goals, mutual faith in the relationship, form of...

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Technology: Commercial Administration, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2012. / Stress management is becoming more and more important as workloads increase. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2005:1-22) estimates that there will be a gradual rise in the number of people experiencing mental health difficulties in the workplace by the year 2020. Current trends indicate an emphasis on the employer's responsibility to provide services that meet their employees' mental health (WHO, 2005:1-22). International organizations such as the European Union and the World Health Organizations have thus been making recommendations about the measures that employers need to take to tackle workplace stress and promote employee wellbeing. Research indicates that employee wellbeing is determined both by an individual's personality and the context of the work situation. Employers can have a huge impact on employee wellbeing, by creating appropriate work demands, support and levels of control, effective communication and engagement, supportive leadership and management and by promoting activities that improve health and wellbeing. This research attempted to better understand the happy/productive worker thesis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of job satisfaction on the wellbeing of administrative staff at the Durban University of Technology (OUT). A mixed methods approach was used to collect data in the form of questionnaires and semi-structured interviews from administrative staff on the six campuses of DUT. Analysis of results indicated that: job satisfaction significantly impacts on the wellbeing of employees; staff were unhappy with their work conditions and this subsequently led to physiological symptoms of stress and which in turn negatively impacted on the their health; and were experiencing many symptoms of burnout. Further investigation is needed to fully understand the predictors of burnout, i.e. the organizational and individual factors that impact burnout so that appropriate interventions may be put into place to increase employee wellbeing. / M

M.A. (Information Science) / Management is usually concerned with the motivation and job satisfaction of employees. When workers are adequately motivated and they derive sufficient satisfaction in their job, it is assumed that their productivity is likely to be enhanced. However, even without relating it to productivity, workers' job satisfaction is considered important enough to deserve serious attention from managers and researchers in various disciplines. This study intends to examine the motivation and job satisfaction of information specialists in public libraries in South Africa. The study of motivation is a candid search for answers to perplexing questions that revolve around human nature. There is no doubting the fact that the problem of motivating other people is surely as old as human history. The common adage that "one can lead a horse to water but cannot force it to drink" was, and remains, the most important aspect of the motivation problem. Because human behaviour is complex, there are numerous theories of motivation. Eight of the most well known theories are discussed: Maslow, Herzberg, MacGregor, McClelland, Atkinson, Hackman and Oldham, Vroom and Porter and Lawler. Attention is paid to the possible implications of the theories for library management. It seems though that, whatever theory of motivation one consults, some fertile sense and some constraining theory turns up. The focus should therefore rather be on the development and integration of existing theories to formulating new ones. A review of literature revealed that there is a relationship between motivation and job satisfaction. Thesurvey instrument was a forty-six-item questionnaire developed specifically for this study by the researcher. The first section of the questionnaire elicited background information, such as age, marital status, qualification, tenure, salary and benefits. The second section of the questionnaire gathered information about the participation and perceived participation of the responding information specialist in the library situation.

M.A. / Employee assistance program (EAP) is one service model that are designed to assist troubled employees in the workplace. Its feasibility has been experienced in many different contexts. However, the school is somewhat neglected in this respect, and few EAP’s are known to exist in the school system. This study will contribute to the introduction of EAP’s within the school environment because EAP is perceived as only applicable on the companies and organisations. The goal of the study is to conduct a need assessment of teachers regarding the feasibility of an EAP in the school environment. The objectives of the study is to conduct literature study of EAP models, to develop a questionnaire for data collection, conduct survey on the teachers of the target schools, analyse data and test hypothesis and make recommendations regarding the feasibility of an EAP. The study was conducted with teachers from the low veld region in northern province. 50 teachers have completed a questionnaire. In the results the researcher found that the teacher like any other employee has problems, which can affect their well-being and the school productivity. Most of the secondary teachers have a need for employee assistance programs. / Dr. W. Roestenburg

M.Cur. / The overall objective of this study is to measure the level of work satisfaction among nurses at Athlone, Lobatse Mental and Scottish Livingstone hospitals, and develop guidelines for the nursing service manager to facilitate work satisfaction. The nursing service manager is responsible and accountable for quality personnel management. Personnel management involves the adequate provision and utilisation of personnel as well as the retention and development of personnel. In view of existing problems such as high turnover rates, too much work and the public's concerns about the standard of nursing, there is need to regularly evaluate the level of work satisfaction among nurses. Hence the study address the formulation of guidelines for the nursing service manager to facilitate work satisfaction and empower nurses. Emanating from the above the following questions are relevant: What is the level of work satisfaction among nurses in the three government hospitals ? What measures need to be put in place in order to increase work satisfaction among nurses ?

Inom organisationsklimatforskningen finns det tre (3) problemområden där flera författare menar att det råder förvirring gällande (1) i vad organisationsklimatet uppstår ur, (2) hur klimatbegreppet bör definieras, samt (3) vilken nivå klimatmätningar bör genomföras på. Studien syftar därför till att validera en ny klimatskala som består av 17 items. Klimatskalan som ska valideras är en utveckling av teorin Perceived Organizational Support (POS) som i sitt original är framtagen av Eisenberger et al. (1986). POS är en individ fokuserad skala som avser att mäta det ömsesidiga utbytet mellan den anställda och dennes organisation. Författarna har omarbetat POS och utvecklat den till en klimatskala i enligt Schneiders (1975) klimatteori och Glicks (1985) riktlinjer. För att validera POS-klimatskalan skulle den, i linje med tidigare forskning, uppvisa liknande samband som mellan POS och gruppeffektivitet, gruppkreativitet. arbetstillfredsställelse, organisatoriskt engagemang samt intentionen att lämna organisationen samt personlighetsfaktorer. För att undersöka dessa samband förfrågades flera företag i olika branscher om att delta i studien. Antal deltagare uppgick till 108 respondenter vars svar analyserades genom Pearsons korrelationanalys (r). Resultatet visar att POS-klimatskalan, efter sin omarbetning, har starka samband både med organisatoriskt viktiga utfall och personlighetsfaktorer. Studien antyder att Lewins (1951) fältteori fortsatt är relevant inom organisationsklimatforskningen. / In the field of organizational climate research there are three problematic areas of confusion regarding (1) what organization climate emerges from, (2) how the concept of climate should be defined, and (3) at which level of analysis climate measures should be conducted. This study thus aims to validate a new climate scale composed of 17 items. The climate scale to be validated is a development from the Perceived Organization Support theory (POS), originally developed by Eisenberger et al. (1986). POS is an individual-level scale which pertains to measure the reciprocal relationship between the employee and the organization. The authors have modified POS and developed it into a climate scale according to Schneider's (1975) climate theory and guidelines from Glick (1985). To validate the POS-climate scale it should, in resonance with earlier research, show similar relationships as between POS and team effectiveness, team creativity, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, intention to leave as well, as personality traits. To examine these relationships several companies in different lines of businesses were asked to participate in the study. The number of participants totaled at 108, whose answers were analyzed in relation to important organizational outcomes and personality traits. Results shows that the POS-climate scale, after being modified, has strong relationships with important organizational outcomes as well as with personality traits. The study suggests that Lewins (1951) field theory is still relevant for organizational climate research.

The aim of the diploma thesis was to analyze a present situation of job satisfaction of employees in Window Holding a.s. - Vekra, identify problem parts and propose arrangements for improvement of determined limitations.Theoretical part is focused on conclusion of basic information of job satistaction, determination of main factors of satisfaction and methodology. Practical part is focused on analysis of certain parts by using questionnaire and dialogs with chosen employees of the company. The conclusion of the thesis gives suggestions an reccomendations for improvement of present situation.