... the appraisal of one's job or job experience." (Locke 1976, p 1300) The key factors of job satisfaction can be divided into three main categories. 1. Intrinsic such as recognition, self development etc 2. Extrinsic such as pay, promotion etc 3. Environmental such as company policy etc Productivity Productivity in terms of an individual can be seen as a measure of one's ability to produce more goods/services with less inputs (materials, money, information etc). In other words it can be seen as a measure of an individual's efficiency and effectiveness. The relationship between individual motivation, individual productivity and individual job satisfaction. The relationship between motivation, productivity and satisfaction is often the topic of debate amongst prominent scholars. The issue of debate is whether job satisfaction leads to productivity or if productivity leads to job satisfaction. In my opinion the three aspects move in a continuous cycle. Firstly, the individual has ...

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