By Charlotte Morritt-Jacobs - (@morrittjacobs on Twitter)

Job Satisfaction Surpasses Boosted Pay Cheque

Sep 5, 2016 | 10:14 AM

CANADA – Forcing employees to use their vacation days when they fall ill, showing little flexibility in scheduling and not properly listening to employee’s concerns… are all sure fired ways to work job morale. 

This Labour Day, many people will be enjoying the last slice of summer, but more importantly, many people will be returning to work tomorrow feeling rested having had the time to relax and step away from office constraints.

More research is linking job satisfaction with intrinsic factors that go beyond a more generous pay-cheque.

Dr. Tanya Drollinger, Marketing Professor in the Faculty of Management at the University of Lethbridge, has written extensively on the subject of job satisfaction, publishing “The Use of Dominance
Analysis to Identify Key Factors in Salespeople’s Affective Commitment Toward the Sales Manager and Organizational Commitment,” in 2014.

Drollinger said that on a company level, an important variable between an employe and a company is having the opportunity for advancement, providing more education and training and allowing for job mobility.

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“There’s a lot of things employers can do that employees would prefer over a pay raise and a bonus. Supervisors should spend more time listening patiently than talking. Bosses should ask open ended questions and assess more than just what the employee is saying, listen to the emotion, tone or feeling behind the words.”

Drollinger also touched on the increasing stress created for workers who feel the need to be constantly connected to their work via email and phone.

“We found that multitasking can lead to poor work habits as you threaten being present mentally in the workplace.”

The Labour Day holiday has its origins in the labour union movement, specifically the eight-hour day movement, which advocated eight hours for work, eight hours for recreation, and eight hours for rest.