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How To Measure Job Satisfaction

Job SatisfactionJob Satisfaction Is Key To Business Success

All businesses understand the importance of employee retention.  Each employee is an investment, both in terms of time and money.  And the return on investment is very good, so long as that employee stays with the company.  This means that employers also have to ensure their staff have good job satisfaction, meaning they are less likely to jump ship.

There are a number of well-documented methods of increasing job satisfaction, such as paying a good salary, allowing for sufficient time off and a range of bonuses and other incentives.  However, measuring job satisfaction and the effectiveness of the various methods that are implemented can be somewhat more complicated.

Measuring Job Satisfaction

In most cases, job satisfaction is measured through the process of self-reporting.  This is done through questionnaires that have various scales.  A range of different measures have been developed recently, and there is quite a lot of variation between these.  Some have a stronger focus on cognitive job satisfaction, for instance, whereas others look at effective job satisfaction.  Furthermore, there are big differences between the psychometric validations of the various tests.  Let’s take a look at some of the most popular tests used today.

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Interpersonal Effectiveness Through Personal Communication

Effective Interpersonal EffectivenessA New Soft Skill: Interpersonal Effectiveness

The way we interact with others could be a reason for conflict and stress.  If this is not recognized appropriately, it can lead to escalating problematic behavior.  Too many people spend a lot of their time suppressing who they really are, what their values and goals are.  They live with feelings of guilt and anger and spend much of their time being incredibly frustrated. Much of this is directly linked to the way we speak to those around us, be that in the workplace, at home, in educational establishments, with friends, and with strangers.

It is incredibly important that we are all capable of saying no, thereby increasing our own self-respect and being able to deal with a variety of different situations in our day to day life.  This is achieved by improving our personal communication and interpersonal effectiveness.

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