badm440 unit 5 ip: employee job satisfaction
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SATISFYING YOUR EMPLOYEES
BY: AVIS WILLIAMS
AREAS TO DISCUSS• TOPIC• PROBLEM STATEMENT• RESEARCH STRATEGY• RESEARCH QUESTION• REASON FOR RESEARCH STRATEGY• RESEARCH INSTRUMENT• 5 QUESTION SURVEY
TOPIC: EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION
THIS AREA OF DISCUSSION FOCUSES ON A KEY FACTOR THAT IS NEEDED FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SUCCESS.
PROBLEM STATEMENT• IN RECENT TIMES, ORGANIZATIONS HAVE COME TO REALIZE THAT JOB
SATISFACTION PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE.• THE AMOUNT OF DEDICATION THAT AN EMPLOYEE WILL GIVE DEPENDS ON
THE LEVEL OF MOTIVATION THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS TO OFFER. • DETERMINING HOW TO INCREASE EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION HAS BEEN AN
UPHILL BATTLE, WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIT ITS PEAK BY GETTING INTO THE MINDS OF EMPLOYEES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DRIVES EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION.
RESEARCH STRATEGY
• THE MIXED METHODS RESEARCH STRATEGY IS ONE THAT I WILL USE TO CONDUCT THE INFORMATION THAT WILL BE DOCUMENTED FOR THE PREFERRED OUTCOME.
RESEARCH QUESTION
• WHAT FACTORS MAKE YOU STAY AT YOUR JOB?
RESEARCH RATIONALE• I CHOSE THE MIXED METHOD APPROACH BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE
FEEDBACK THAT IS REQUIRED. THE PARTICIPANTS WILL NEED TO DISCUSS THEIR HONEST OPINIONS.• “MIXED METHODS IDEALLY INCLUDE THE BENEFITS OF BOTH QUALITATIVE
AND QUANTITATIVE DATA”, (HUGHES, 2016)• THE QUALITATIVE ASPECT OF THE RESEARCH INCLUDES OBSERVATIONAL OR
INTERVIEW DATA.• THE QUANTITATIVE ASPECT OF THE RESEARCH INCLUDES NUMERICAL DATA.
RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
• THE MIXED METHODS RESEARCH DATA WILL BE CONDUCTED USING A SURVEY THAT ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION.• THIS INSTRUMENT WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE OF THE STRUCTURE IT HOLDS FOR
OBTAINING NUMERICAL AND OBSERVATIONAL DATA.
THE 5 QUESTION SURVEY1. ARE YOU CURRENTLY SATISFIED WITH THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION
OF WHICH YOU ARE EMPLOYED? YES OR NO2. HOW OFTEN DOES UPPER MANAGEMENT RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS THAT YOU PUT FORTH?
NEVER, SELDOM, OFTEN, ALWAYS3. IS THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM UPPER MANAGEMENT HELPFUL? YES OR NO4. IF YOU ARE SATISFIED, WHY? IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED, WHY NOT LEAVE?5. IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN RECEIVING A RAISE FROM YOUR CURRENT EMPLOYER
OR TAKING YOUR DREAM JOB AT YOUR CURRENT SALARY, WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE? WHY?
DATA ANALYSIS
1. ARE YOU CURRENTLY SATISFIED WITH THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION OF WHICH YOU ARE EMPLOYED?• 5 OUT OF 5 PARTICIPANTS SAID THAT THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE SOCIAL
ENVIRONMENT OF THEIR PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.
DATA ANALYSIS CONT.2. HOW OFTEN DOES UPPER MANAGEMENT RECOGNIZE THE EFFORTS THAT
YOU PUT FORTH?• 2 OUT OF 5 PARTICIPANTS RECEIVED RECOGNITION OFTEN.• 2 OUT OF 5 PARTICIPANTS SELDOM RECEIVED RECOGNITION FROM UPPER
MANAGEMENT.• 1 OUT OF 5 PARTICIPANTS NEVER RECEIVED RECOGNITION FROM UPPER
MANAGEMENT.
DATA ANALYSIS CONT.
3. IS THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM UPPER MANAGEMENT HELPFUL?• 2 OUT OF 5 PARTICIPANTS SAID THAT FEEDBACK RECEIVED WAS HELPFUL• 3 OUT OF 5 PARTICIPANTS SAID THAT FEEDBACK RECEIVED WAS NOT HELPFUL
DATA ANALYSIS CONT.
4. IF YOU ARE SATISFIED, WHY? IF YOU ARE NOT SATISFIED, WHY NOT LEAVE?• ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE CURRENTLY NOT SATISFIED WITH THEIR PLACE OF
EMPLOYMENT, BUT WERE CONTENT BECAUSE OF THE PAY.
DATA ANALYSIS CONT.5. IF YOU HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN RECEIVING A RAISE FROM YOUR
CURRENT EMPLOYER OR TAKING YOUR DREAM JOB AT YOUR CURRENT SALARY, WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE? WHY?• 3 OUT OF 5 PARTICIPANTS SAID THAT IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY THEY WOULD
WORK AT THEIR DREAM JOB WITH THEIR CURRENT SALARY.• 2 OUT OF 5 PARTICIPANTS SAID THAT THEY WOULD TAKE A RAISE AT THEIR
CURRENT PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.
REFERENCES• HUGHES, ALLYSON. 2016. MIXED METHODS RESEARCH.
HTTP://WWW.PSYCHOLOGICALSCIENCE.ORG/OBSERVER/MIXED-METHODS-RESEARCH#.WKW5Y_KRLIU • SHETRONE, APRIL. 2011. 7 WAYS TO IMPROVE EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION.
HTTP://WWW.INC.COM/GUIDES/201105/7-WAYS-TO-IMPROVE-EMPLOYEE-SATISFACTION.HTML