SYNTHESIZING THE THEORIES OF JOB-SATISFACTION ACROSS THE CULTURAL/ATTITUDINAL DEMENTIONS

Abstract

Job satisfaction is a recurring attitude therefore needs continuous management. A huge research is going on in the organizations around the world to understand and thereby control the elements of employees’ satisfaction. An array of theories is available to explain the motivational contents and cognitive processes that constitute the issues of job satisfaction in any organization. Given that human behavior consists of ‘understanding – cognitive’ and the same translated into action (verbal and/or physical) therefore researchers have either theorized on the basis of cognitive levels of motivation or behavioral (physical) levels of motivation and satisfaction. An analysis of the ‘commonly-cited’ theoretical models reveals that these are different views of the same reality. Their differences lie in their prioritization of the main aspects of satisfaction. All the theories can be synthesized into a satisfaction-model according to their contributions. This paper first strives to so organize the main theories that each one adds to our understanding according to its due scholarly-weight and secondly touches on the impacts of cultural differences on the role of theories across the world.

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