Job Titles and Job Satisfaction
An Ethno-Phenomenological Inquiry with Reference to a Transportation and Utility Firm
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21223013 |
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| Authors | Saswat Barpanda (0000-0003-0379-737X, Silliman University), Swadha Dwivedi (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Business Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2155-6237 • E-ISSN: 2398-3671 |
| Publisher | North American Business Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.33423/ijba.v12i1.5259 |
| OpenAlex | W4285014778 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
The current study aims to investigate the extent to which job titles and job characteristics contribute to the job satisfaction of employees at a Midwestern United States utility and transportation company using Hackman & Oldham’s Job Characteristics Model (1976) and Katz and Van Maanen’s (1977)Loci of Work Satisfaction. It assumes if job titles are designated based on these characteristics—then employees will be more satisfied and therefore more motivated and productive. The researchers undertook an ethnophenomenological approach with a data of 25 full-time employees who were interviewed about their overall experience regarding their job and how they feel the five core dimensions of work satisfaction (Hackman & Oldham, 1976) are related to their job titles using a semi-structured pattern following Kvale’s (1996) framework. Results demonstrate that employees in this organization feel that job titles significantly impact their overall job satisfaction and responded positively to all five of the core job characteristic dimensions. However, employees who feel that their job title affects their external rapport perceived a need to alter their job titles. This study was restricted to self-report measures at a single organization
Core self-evaluations · Economics · Job analysis · Job attitude · Job characteristic theory · Job design · Job performance · Job satisfaction · Management · Personnel psychology · Applied Psychology · Engineering · Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior · Occupational Health and Safety Research · Psychology · Quality and Supply Management · Social Psychology
Phenomenological research methods
The Importance of Job Autonomy, Cognitive Ability, and Job-Related Skill for Predicting Role Breadth and Job Performance.
Transformational Leadership and Job Behaviors
Identification in Organizations
Relationship of job characteristics to job involvement, satisfaction, and intrinsic motivation.
Employee reactions to job characteristics.
The Theory of Purposeful Work Behavior
Identities and Identity Work in Organizations
Gaffers, Gofers, and Grips
Personality and job satisfaction
Motivation through the design of work
Psychological Conditions of Personal Engagement and Disengagement at Work.
Qualitative Research in Action
Subsidiary power in multinational corporations
Self-verification 360°
Job characteristics
The content of interest inventories
The Loci of Work Satisfaction
The social construction of reality
Dominance Through Interviews and Dialogues
| Highly cited | No |
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