For this paper 3-4 pages in length you will survey 2 other people about their experience of satisfaction on
their job as well as doing the survey yourself. (Or you can survey 3 people.) You can do this survey via
email or the phone. Provide folks with the list of factors in job satisfaction found below. Ask them to be
specific in their responses so that you get the most useful information and to include examples. Obviously,
their comments may be positive or negative or somewhere in between.
Factors in Job Satisfaction
Autonomy and independence
Benefits
Career advancement opportunities
Career development
Compensation/Pay
Communication between employees and management
Contribution of work to organizational goals
Feeling safe in the work environment
Flexibility to balance life and work issues
Job security
Job specific training
Management recognition of employee job performance
Meaningfulness of work
Networking
Opportunities to use skills/abilities
Organization’s commitment to professional development
Overall corporate culture
Relationship with co-workers
Relationship with immediate supervisor
The work itself
The variety of work
In your paper summarize what you learned about the factors that contributed to job satisfaction or
dissatisfaction for these 3 people. Also based on these surveys describe the factors you think most
contribute to Organizational Commitment. The goal for this assignment is for you to be able to see what
this small sample of people communicated about the factors most affecting their job satisfaction and
summarize those results.