Question: What outcomes does job satisfaction influence? What implications does this have for management?

What Factors Are Most Important to Your Job Satisfaction?

Most of us probably want a job we think will satisfy us. But because no job is perfect, we often have to trade off job attributes. One job may pay well but provide limited opportunities for advancement or skill development. Another may offer work we enjoy but have poor benefits. The following is a list of 21 job factors or attributes:

? Autonomy and independence.

? Benefits.

? Career advancement opportunities.

? Career development opportunities.

? Compensation/pay.

? Communication between employees and management.

? Contribution of work to organization's business goals.

? Feeling safe in the work environment.

? Flexibility to balance life and work issues.

? Job security.

? Job-specific training.

? Management recognition of employee job performance.

? Meaningfulness of job.

? Networking.

? Opportunities to use skills/abilities.

? Organization's commitment to professional development.

? Overall corporate culture.

? Relationship with co-workers.

? Relationship with immediate supervisor.

? The work itself.

? The variety of work.

On a sheet of paper, rank-order these job factors from top to bottom so number 1 is the job factor you think is most important to your job satisfaction, number 2 is the second most important factor to your job satisfaction, and so on.