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> satisfaction through doing great work The org psych term for this is "engagement". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_engagement Operationally "sat
by ricksplat 11y ago
> satisfaction through doing great work
The org psych term for this is "engagement".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_engagement
Operationally "satisfaction" is an all encompassing term, that doesn't really relate to specific factors. So while you might be "satisfied" with your bank manager, you may not want to
marry her.
Engagement speaks of something more: A satisfaction (if you will) derived specifically from doing your work.
As an interesting aside, engagement is theoretically the other side of the coin of "burnout" and is physiologically thought to operate on the same mechanisms as "stress" (or "eustress" to distinguish it positively).
A "satisfied" state relates more to a relaxed, unstressed, disengaged mentality.
Favourite example from one of my textbooks was a lion chasing a gazelle: Both are physiologically experiencing the same thing, but the gazelle is "stressed" whereas the lion is "engaged".
- ricksplat 11y agoActually you could in fact take this a step further into behavioral theory, if you consider workplace satisfaction derived from doing work versus other sources (football tables etc). It could be said that too much satisfaction from the "other" sources "extinguishes" (or overrides) the satisfaction derived from doing the work. Kind of like that classic experiment of the rat who is given a regular dosage of cocaine and soon starts to neglect any other activities beyond the consumption of cocaine.