MGMT317 Organizational Behavior
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Task:
The purpose of the assignment is to get you thinking more deeply about the application of organisational behaviour concepts and theories in real world organisations. The assessment will introduce you to reading research articles and integrating research evidence to further your argument.
The topic for the academic essay is:
“Happy workers are more productive workers”. Explain why this statement might be true by exploring the relationship between ‘job satisfaction’ and ‘job performance’ and identify conditions in which it might not be true.
You will need to ‘critically analyse’ OB research that explores the relationship between ‘job satisfaction’ and ‘job performance. Your analysis should be evidence-based and you need to support your argument by providing relevant work examples.
You are required to cite at least fifteen (15) peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to the topic in addition to the textbook and other non-academic resources. You are required to use Chicago 17 author-date referencing style for this assessment.
!!! Define job satisfaction/job performance; Explain why job satisfaction leads to job performance and support the statement with the relevant examples; Provide the other point of view (e.g. However, in some situations this link doesn’t exist…) be critical, provide examples.