Designing Work that Doesn't Stink

What can managers do to make work more satisfying and more motivational? Does it matter if people find their jobs satisfying? Why or why not? We explore these and related topics in this episode, including:

• What job satisfaction is and why it matters
• Five different facets of job satisfaction
• The job characteristics model and how managers can make work more satisfying and motivating

Links and Other Information

• Man's Search for Meaning: book
• The Chimp Paradox: book
• Judge, T. A., Thoresen, C. J., Bono, J. E., & Patton, G. K. (2001). The job satisfaction–job performance relationship: A qualitative and quantitative review. Psychological Bulletin, 127(3), 376. Click here
• Fried, Y., & Ferris, G. R. (1987). The validity of the job characteristics model: A review and meta‐analysis. Personnel Psychology, 40(2), 287-322. Click here