Job satisfaction and job performance: A theoretical analysis
EA Locke�- Organizational behavior and human performance, 1970 - Elsevier
This paper presents a theoretical rationale for understanding the relationship between job
satisfaction and job performance. It is argued that job satisfaction and dissatisfaction are
properly conceived of as outcomes of action. The effect of performance on satisfaction is
viewed as a function of the degree to which performance entails or leads to the attainment of
the individual's important job values. It is acknowledged that emotions such as satisfaction
and dissatisfaction are important incentives to action in that they entail action tendencies (ie�…
satisfaction and job performance. It is argued that job satisfaction and dissatisfaction are
properly conceived of as outcomes of action. The effect of performance on satisfaction is
viewed as a function of the degree to which performance entails or leads to the attainment of
the individual's important job values. It is acknowledged that emotions such as satisfaction
and dissatisfaction are important incentives to action in that they entail action tendencies (ie�…