JLB Enterprises finds itself in a situation that will likely get worse if they don’t address it. Research by Murlis and Schubert for Hay Group (2001) concludes that organizations with less satisfied employees are much less productive. This dissatisfaction can lead to a loss in production and can negatively impact the long-term stability of the company. A company that has dissatisfied employees can have a hard time attracting and retaining good workers.
It isn’t known for sure whether the drop in satisfaction and morale are the cause for the drop in productivity at JLB. There is a correlation in timing and, as mentioned, some research points to job satisfaction levels adversely impacting production. The possibility exists that there
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Gathering and utilizing the input of the employees is a component of the Participative Leadership theory.
By allowing the employees to give input on why the problem exists and how it can be improved, leadership can empower and motivate the workers.
According to Coutts (n.d.): It is assumed that employees are more committed to actions where they have been involved in the relevant decision-making and that they are less competitive and more collaborative when working on joint goals. That is, when people make decisions together, the social commitment to one another is greater and thus increases their commitment to the decision. (Coutts, n.d., Para 4)
By directly involving and communicating with the employees, management also has an avenue for promoting a culture change. This opportunity could then be leveraged to help cultivate the ingredients needed to address the underlying causes of the morale problem. Coutts (n.d.) posits that involving employees in this way cultivates other leaders who can help to establish and maintain the desired culture. By utilizing components of the Participative Leadership theory to search for the causes of the problems along with potential solutions, JLB may see an immediate impact on morale, if only by empowering the employees.
Situational Leadership Components
Until the causes of the problem are known, it is not known how to address them. It’s
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It has been shown that employees who have a high satisfaction rate on the job or with the company that they work for, are less likely to leave the company that they work for compared to those who have a less satisfaction rate (Hellawell, 2012). As mentioned earlier, this would result not only in cost savings, but it would improve the overall relationship between the employee and the company. Employees that are committed and satisfied are not only not going to leave, they would also be able to contribute more and be more effective and efficient.
• Using a participative style with a team who know their job. The leader knows the problem, but does not have all the information. The employees know their jobs and want to actively be part of the team.
An exciting thriller has always been a popular category of literary works, whether it be in the form of a film or novel. Trying to adapt a thriller from a short story to a movie can prove to create some challenges that can only be overcome by altering the storyline or details in order to make an attempt to keep the idea of the works the same. That is why similarities and differences are most often created between literary works when being transcribed over into other forms of entertainment. This is seen in The Most Dangerous Game, which is a short story changed into a movie of the same title, where in order to tell the full spiel some subjects must remain constant; however, there is more than one case of oblivious changes throughout the entirety
Researchers in the past have made valuable discovery about employee relations what is the cause of dissatisfaction and satisfaction at work. Companies that want to
For example, highly satisfied workers tend to be characterized by a behavior of high-level commitment towards their corporate obligations. This aspect in turn aid in fostering customer satisfaction since committed workforce tend to prioritize the needs of the company’s clients such as the provision of high-quality products and services. Low job turnover is another behavior associated with high employee satisfaction. This aspect entails the ability of an organization to facilitate workers retention through ensuring their satisfaction. This behavior of low turnover rate of the employees' aid in promoting customer satisfaction as it provides the continuity of business operations hence facilitating a steady supply of goods and services to the clients.
The two real examples will demonstrate the significance of leaders how to support their employees and establish the trust and morale between of them to build people skill in companies to make higher profits. According to Bauza (2016), “Out of 100 executives surveyed at the Society for Human Resource Management in Washington, D.C., in June, 73% of them blamed low employee morale on poor leadership”. John Challenger who works in Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. He shows that morale is essential for the leaders to enhance the employees in the workplace to more efficiency. This exemplifies that successful leaders can increase the morale in the workplaces to enhance the employees’ unity in the leadership to build the good connection with people
Collective leadership encourages by-in from all employees, by requiring input coordination and execution of solutions or ideas to solve a problem. O’Connor and Quinn (as cited by Avolio, Walumbwa, and Weber, 2009. p. 432) describe the success within a collective leadership constraint as
Effective leaders need to continually support, motivate and communicate purpose to followers. When employees take pride in their work and enjoy the camaraderie
Currently our leadership is not effectively reaching and motivating our team. We have been noticing decreased productivity and we believe that this is a direct result of leadership falling short in
JLB Enterprises has issues with falling productivity. After investigating the productivity decrease it was discovered that the only factors that changed over the period of reduced productivity were employee morale, motivation, and satisfaction. Transformational Leadership Theory proposes that employee attitude directly impacts employee productivity. Applying tenets of Transformational Leadership Theory may be the key to raising JLB's production.
Employee satisfaction should be the first aim of the organization by providing them what the need and want in terms of incentives, bonuses, good working conditions, grievance handling etc. Employee satisfaction leads to the achievement of the ultimate goal of the organization, i.e. profit maximization. If the workforce is motivated enough to work to their full potential, the outcomes are desirable and in favor of the organization. This benefits both the employees and the organization leading to complete
Job satisfaction is the very important factor in general quality of life because it is closely connected with working life (e.g. Argyle, 1989; Bang & Lee, 2006), with family life, everyday life, and mental health (Orpen, 1978; Schmitt and Bedeian, 1982; Faragher, Cass & Cooper, 2005). Level of job satisfaction is also highly related to turnover, absenteeism rate, work productivity or accomplishment (Muchinsky, 1977; Organ, 1977). Many researchers (e.g. Cherrington, 1994; Acorn, Ratner & Crawford, 1997; Ostroff, 1992; Spector, 1997) state that employees who experience high job satisfaction contribute to organisational commitment, job involvement, their physical, mental health and overall well-being are improved. Job dissatisfaction on the
Dissatisfied and satisfied employees in the workplace can affect their productive and job performance. The work place, promotions, advancements, and supervisors are things that can cause an employee to be satisfied or dissatisfied at work. In my workplace some of my supervisors have driven my attitude. Robbins (2007) states, “attitudes are evaluative statements-either favorable or unfavorable-about objects, people or events.” (Robbins and Judge, 2007, p. 75) When I was first promoted to Sergeant and transferred to supervisor the Criminal Investigations Unit, I was excited about the new opportunity and the knowledge I would learn and give. My attitude towards the workplace and towards my employees was high and willing to help or produce a positive work environment. As a Christian in a non-Christian workplace, a great attitude towards job satisfaction can be found in the Bible. In Ecclesiastes 5:18 (New Living Translation), it says, “I have noticed one thing, at least, that is good. It is good for people to eat, drink, and enjoy their work under the sun and during the short life God has given them.” The workplace can be stressful but when you have good leadership they can effectively change the attitude of the people they serve.
In this essay, I will explore the relationship between the level of employee satisfaction and employee production. Firstly defining and explaining satisfaction and job performance as these variables are difficult to define, and a clear definition is critical for assessing the relationship between them. Secondly I will discuss some of the most significant studies in this area of research. I will then analyse various factors which determine the correlation between these two variables, focusing on the attitude-behaviour relationship as this gives an insight into how a higher level of satisfaction may link to greater production. Finally I will look into a set of different models which propose variations to the job satisfaction-performance