Job Satisfaction

Job Satisfaction

Jeff Henderson

University of Phoenix

PSY 428 - Organizational Psychology

Elliott Harris, Ph.D.

June 19, 2007

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Abstract

In psychology, motivation refers to the initiation, direction, intensity and persistence of behavior (Geen, 1995). Motivation should not be confused with personality or emotion: being motivated is possessing the desire and willingness to do something.

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Job Satisfaction

What is my definition of motivation? I define motivation as being influenced, or possessing the desire, to accomplish a task or goal. I achieve motivation through accomplishment and difficulty of a task. In short, I motivate myself by taking on a difficult task that not many others are willing to do.

I was not always the person to raise my hand and volunteer when nobody else would. I am one of thousands of people in this country that enlisted in the Army when I was in high school.

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I was always the person whom did the least that I was required to do; my report card was filled with C's and D's and my attendance was just above the requirement. When I was in high school three things motivated me: sports, girls, and weekends. My motivation encountered a drastic change on July 8, 2003; my first day of basic training. From that day on I knew my whole outlook on life would change.

After being in the Army for four years I have learned many different ways to motivate myself as well as others. One major occurrence I despise occurs when someone starts a duty or task and does not complete it. Now I know that not everything can be completed in a day's work, but the number of times I have seen people, men and women in the civilian world, not take an extra 30...