Job satisfaction
Further reading
Todd, Benjamin (2014) We reviewed over 60 studies about what makes for a dream job. Here’s what we found, 80,000 Hours, August (updated April 2017).
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80,000 Hours conducted an analysis of the literature on job satisfaction and identified a number of key determinants (Todd 2014).determinants.[1] These include work that the worker is good at; work that the worker perceives to helps others; and work with supportive conditions, including work that allows for flow-like states, that meet the worker's basic needs, that fits the worker's personal life, and that involves interactions with helpful colleagues.
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Todd, Benjamin (2014) We reviewed over 60 studies about what makes for a dream job. Here’s what we found, 80,000 Hours, August (updated April 2017).
Todd, Benjamin (2014) WhatWe reviewed over 60 studies about what makes for a dream job?job. Here’s what the evidence sayswe found, 80,000 Hours, August (updated April 2017).
80,000 Hours conducted an analysis of the literature on job satisfaction and identified a number of key determinants of job satisfaction (Todd 2014). These include work that the worker is good at; work that the worker perceives to helps others; and work with supportive conditions, including work that allows for flow-like states, that meet the worker's basic needs, that fits the worker's personal life, and that involves interactions with helpful colleagues.
Job satisfaction appears to have only a weak link to being well paid, and “passion” for an area is a poor predictor of levels of satisfaction when working in that area. 80,000 Hours conducted an analysis of the literature on job satisfaction and identified a number of key determinants of job satisfaction (Todd 2014). These include work that the worker is good at; work that the worker perceives to helps others; and work with supportive conditions, including work that allows for flow-like states, that meet the worker's basic needs, that fits the worker's personal life, and that involves interactions with helpful colleagues.
Job satisfaction is a measure of workers' contentedness with their job. Job satisfaction is correlated with career success, and is often intrinsically desired independently of its impact on career outcomes.
Job satisfaction appears to have only a weak link to being well paid, and “passion” for an area is a poor predictor of levels of satisfaction when working in that area. 80,000 Hours conducted an analysis of the literature on job satisfaction and identified a number of key determinants of job satisfaction (Todd 2014). These include work that the worker is good at; work that the worker perceives to helps others; and work with supportive conditions, including work that allows for flow-like states, that meet the worker's basic needs, that fits the worker's personal life, and that involves interactions with helpful colleagues.
Bibliography
Todd, Benjamin (2014) What makes for a dream job? Here’s what the evidence says, 80,000 Hours.
80,000 Hours conducted an analysis of the literature on job satisfaction and identified a number of key determinants.[1] These include work that the worker is good at; work that the worker perceives to helps others; and work with supportive
conditions,conditions, including work that allows for flow-like states, that meet the worker's basic needs, that fits the worker's personal life, and that involves interactions with helpful colleagues.