On the Dubious Wisdom of Expecting Job Satisfaction to Correlate with Performance

Cynthia D Fisher

doi:10.2307/257468

On the Dubious Wisdom of Expecting Job Satisfaction to Correlate with Performance

Cynthia D Fisher

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Abstract

The lack of consistent findings on the satisfaction/performance relationship is explained as an aggregation problem. I suggest that specific attitude measures should be related to specific job behaviors, while general satisfaction measures should be related to the favorableness or unfavorableness of an individual's total set of work-related behaviors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	607-612
Number of pages	6
Journal	Academy of Management Review
Volume	5
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/257468
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 1980
Externally published	Yes

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