Abstract also in Chinese. / Thesis (MBA)--Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Bibliography: l. 51-52.

Thesis (MPH)--University of Limpopo, 2010. / Relationships have been reported between job satisfaction, productivity, absenteeism and turnover among healthcare employees and as such it affects employees’ organizational commitment and the quality of healthcare services. The aim of the study was to determine the factors influencing job satisfaction among healthcare professionals at South Rand Hospital. The study was conducted among 103 participants. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from the participants. Data was then analyzed using statistical software SPSS 17.0. The results showed a low level of job satisfaction. Almost 80% (79.6%) of participants were not satisfied with their jobs, and there was no association between job satisfaction and socio-demographic characteristics. Variables such as opportunity to develop, responsibility, patient care and staff relations were found to be significantly influencing job satisfaction and there was a significant positive medium association between job satisfaction and opportunity to develop, responsibility, patient care and staff relations for both clinical and clinical support staff. Satisfaction with one’s job can affect not only motivation at work but also career decisions, relationship with others and personal health. Those who are working in a profession that is extremely demanding and sometimes unpredictable can be susceptible to feelings of uncertainty and reduced job satisfaction. Job satisfaction is also an essential part of ensuring high quality care. Dissatisfied healthcare providers give poor quality, less efficient care. Interventions need to be implemented in order to improve the level of job satisfaction among healthcare professionals at South Rand Hospital.

A questionnaire survey of a stratified random sample (n=180) of registered nurses employed at two hospitals in the Australian Capital Territory was conducted to identify factors contributing to their job satisfaction and measure levels of satisfaction of registered nurses Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3. The response rate was 75%. The survey found that registered nurses were satisfied with the scheduling, opportunities to utilize skills, working conditions, working relationships, leadership, decision making on patient care and intrinsic components of Job satisfaction and dissatisfied with the salary component. Registered nurses Grade 2 were more satisfied than the Grade 3 group and registered nurses Grade 1 were least satisfied (P=< .05).

The link between job satisfaction and job performance is one of the most studied relationships in industrial/organizational psychology. Meta-analysis (Judge, Thoresen, Bono, & Patton, 2001) has estimated the magnitude of this relationship to be ρ = .30. With many potential causal models that explain this correlation, one possibility is that the satisfaction-performance relationship is actually spurious, meaning that the correlation is due to common causes of both constructs. Drawing upon personality theory and the job characteristics model, this study presents a meta-analytic estimate of the population-level relationship between job satisfaction and job performance, controlling for commonly studied predictors of both. Common causes in this study include personality trait Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and core selfevaluations, along with cognitive ability and job complexity. Structural equation modeling of the meta-analytic correlation matrix suggests a residual correlation of .16 between job satisfaction and performance—roughly half the magnitude of the zero-order correlation. Following the test of spuriousness, I then propose and find support for an integrated theoretical model in which job complexity and job satisfaction serve as mediators for the effects of personality and ability on work outcomes. Results from this model suggest that job complexity is negatively related to satisfaction and performance, once ability and personality are controlled. Contributions of this paper include estimating the extent to which the satisfaction-performance relationship is partly spurious, which is an advancement because the attitude-behavior link has not been estimated in light of personality and job characteristics. Another contribution is the integrated theoretical model, which illuminates mediators in some of the effects of personality and ability.

Many studies offer insights into the relation between job satisfaction and morale, and both are important impacts the performances to the company. This study tries to use some variables to predict the job satisfaction has influence to employee and the factors really influence the relation between the job satisfaction and morale. The results found that the relation between employee job satisfaction and morale are important to the employee. Especially the morale itself is more predictor to the employee¡¦s performance better than the job satisfaction itself. And this find out is different to the West. It can be seen as the culture difference from the Eastern to the Western. And it remind the managers to value more about the morale.

Human resource is the essence of sustainable development in a country, and a well-worked education system is the key factor of training excellent talents. Owing to above, the educational environment is turning from the old closed system to multiversity. Everything is facing a great reform, including the teacher education, the human rights of students, and the curriculum reform. It¡¦s expected to rise up the quality of education and train up more outstanding talents for the country through the chains of education reform. However, affected by the education environment, it¡¦s been changed a lot in the aspects of teacher¡¦s teaching, interpersonal communication, and job security. After that, present teachers¡¦ job satisfaction and morale could be affected. For teachers¡¦ job satisfaction, morale will vitally affect education quality, this essay aimed to inquire the relations between teachers¡¦ cognition for education environment changes, job satisfaction and morale. This essay took the method of questionnaire inquiry. The sample is the present elementary teachers in Ligang district, Pingtung County. The researcher dispatched 540 questionnaires, and recycles 411 valid ones. The main inquiry results are as followings: 1.Part of the personal factors will notably affect some aspects of the cognitions for education environment, job satisfaction and morale. 2.The cognition for the change of education environment will positively affect some aspects of job satisfaction. 3.The cognition for the change of education environment will positively affect some aspects of morale. 4.Job satisfaction has positive effects on morale. 5.Through multiple linear regression analysis, the recognition for the changes of education environment and job satisfaction will notably affect morale in the same time. In other words, the more positive attitude to the changes of education environment the teachers have, the better job satisfaction and morale will they get. In brief, the recognition for the changes of education environment changes will indeed affect the teachers¡¦ morale.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 1974. / Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [213]-215).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2009. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-80).

Thesis--University of Maryland. / Vita. Photocopy of typescript. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1977. -- 21 cm. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 103-108).

Thesis--Ohio State University. / Vita. Bibliography: leaves 126-128.