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<p>The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether employee job satisfaction is associated with the congruence between desired and perceived job attributes. The desired and perceived levels of 30 job attributes were measured on employees from a large Information Technology (IT) company based in Romania. Results indicate that employees who experience congruence between desired and perceived job attributes have higher levels of overall job satisfaction, confirming the assumptions of the value congruence theory. In addition, the results of this study show that employee job satisfaction is associated with both intrinsic and extrinsic factors i.e., job attributes. This indicates that extrinsic factors can also be a source of job satisfaction, the same as intrinsic factors, which is contrary to what Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory assumes.</p>
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The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether employee job satisfaction is associated with the congruence between desired and perceived job attributes. The desired and perceived levels of 30 job attributes were measured on employees from a large Information Technology (IT) company based in Romania. Results indicate that employees who experience congruence between desired and perceived job attributes have higher levels of overall job satisfaction, confirming the assumptions of the value congruence theory. In addition, the results of this study show that employee job satisfaction is associated with both intrinsic and extrinsic factors i.e., job attributes. This indicates that extrinsic factors can also be a source of job satisfaction, the same as intrinsic factors, which is contrary to what Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory assumes.

The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and the Congruence of Desired and Perceived Job Attributes: An Exploratory Study of IT Professionals

Department of Economics and Business Administration in German Language

Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Oeconomica

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The main purpose of this study was to investigate whether employee job satisfaction is associated with the congruence between desired and perceived job...

The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and the Congruence of Desired and Perceived Job Attributes: An Exploratory Study of IT Professionals

Publicado en línea: 06 sept 2021

Páginas: 56 - 73

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/subboec-2021-0009

Palabras clave
job attributes, job satisfaction, the value congruence theory, IT professionals, newly-hired

© 2021 Loredana Mihalca, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and the Congruence of Desired and Perceived Job Attributes: An Exploratory Study of IT Professionals

Publicado en línea: 06 sept 2021

Páginas: 56 - 73

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/subboec-2021-0009

Palabras clavejob attributes, job satisfaction, the value congruence theory, IT professionals, newly-hired

© 2021 Loredana Mihalca, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Palabras clave
job attributes, job satisfaction, the value congruence theory, IT professionals, newly-hired