The effect of praise, work spirit, stress, and workload on job satisfaction

There has been a great increase in number of studies on job satisfaction in recents years. In addition, more attention has been given to the term positivity in organizational studies. The main goal of the current study was to examine if factors of positive psychology such as praise, attitude towards the workplace, work spirit, trust in supervisor, diversity in daily tasks, stress, and workload had an impact on job satisfaction. Staff turnover is a big problem today, and those individuals with low job satisfaction are more likely to resign from their job. Thus, more research on job satisfaction and possible influencing factors are needed. A questionnaire was sent to 650 employees of a business in the field of commerce and 154 valid answers were received. The questionnaire contained 25 questions about their job satisfaction and the factors of positive psychology that were mentioned previously. The results of the study showed a significant relationship between job satisfaction and praise, attitude towards the workplace, work spirit, trust in supervisor, diversity in daily tasks, and stress. However, no relationship was found between job satisfaction and workload. Keywords: job satisfaction, praise, attitude, spirit, trust, diversity, stress, workloadÞað hefur verið mikil aukning rannsókna á starfsánægju á undanförnum árum. Einnig hefur meiri áhersla verið lögð á jákvæðni í vinnusálfræði. Markmið þessarar rannsóknar var að kanna hvort þættir jákvæðrar sálfræði, svo sem hrós, viðhorf til vinnustaðar, starfsandi, traust frá yfirmanni, fjölbreytni í daglegum verkefnum, streita og vinnuálag hefðu áhrif á starfsánægju. Starfsmannavelta hefur verið mikið vandamál á undanförnum árum og rannsóknir hafa sýnt að þeir einstaklingar sem upplifa litla starfsánægju eru mun líklegri til þess að segja upp starfi. Því er nauðsyn á fleiri rannsóknum á starfsánægju og hugsanlegum áhrifaþáttum svo sporna megi við þessu vandamáli. Spurningalisti var lagður fyrir 650 starfsmenn fyrirtækis á sviði verslunar og fengust 154 gild svör. Spurningalistinn innihélt 25 spurningar um starfsánægju og þá þætti jákvæðrar sálfræði sem nefndir voru hér að ofan. Niðurstöður þessarar rannsóknar sýndu marktækt samband á milli starfsánægju og hróss, viðhorfs til vinnustaðar, starfsanda, trausts frá yfirmanni, fjölbreytileika í daglegum verkefnum og streitu. Ekki fannst marktækt samband milli starfsánægju og vinnuálags. Lykilorð: starfsánægja, hrós, viðhorf, starfsandi, traust, fjölbreytni, streita, vinnuála