A Senior Executive in Your Organization Read an Older Organizational

question 8

Essay

A senior executive in your organization read an older organizational behavior textbook,which concluded that there is little relationship between job satisfaction and job performance.The senior executive now believes that it is a waste of time and money to have 'happy workers'.Instead,the executive is recommending find ways to improve productivity without any consideration for employee wellbeing (beyond legal requirements).The company president is concerned that the executive's information may convince other members of the management committee to take a similar harsh view.Provide three different arguments why companies should try to maintain a reasonable level of job satisfaction among employees in this organization.

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