THE JOB AND LIFE SATISFACTION RELATIONSHIP 0 0

Abstract

Organizations have always been striving for higher performance from their employees. The early management proponents were influenced primarily by scientific management principles and altogether neglected the human dynamics involved in the process. The famous Hawthorne experiments by Elton Mayo shifted the focus from ‘Taylorism’ and paved the way for the human relations movement. The decades that followed witnessed burgeoning literature on empolyee attitudes as a primary variable to influence performance, with job satisfaction and life satisfaction permeating practically most of the research owing to their hypothesized interrelationships to higher performance. The research, though not conclusive either on the relationship or causality between the two variables, the issue thus remains contested.  

Building on this, the present paper attempts to examine the available published research in the domain and explore the relationship and causality between the two constructs, supporting it with evidence from the Indian dairy industry. The findings endorse the “top-down" model implying that life satisfaction has a higher influence on job satisfaction.