Boosting job satisfaction through healthy work relationships
Job satisfaction is the outcome of two types of factors: intrinsic and extrinsic. One of the main extrinsic factors is the relationship of an employee with their supervisor. A leader's positive attitude toward their subordinates usually improves employee's attitudes toward work, their leader, and the organization. This in turn typically leads to higher intrinsic motivation for the employee. A good match between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation results in job satisfaction. How do you create this healthy relationship between the intrinsic and extrinsic factors? Both the supervisor and the employee need to maintain positive attitudes in creating a healthy working environment. If you are the supervisor here are some simple guidelines.
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Put a bunch of competitive and self-motivated people on one team and you are bound to have a few disagreements. Getting along with people that you compete with is especially difficult. This predicament is probably most common in the work place. If you are going to get ahead in a competitive job market, you are going to have to very closely guard your individual progress and that might mean stepping over your teammates to do so. Just as with a sports team, there are ways to combine individual strengths, address weaknesses and work together to be better at whatever job you have because of the support of your team.