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Predictability of Job-Satisfaction: An Analysis from Age Perspective


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The Life Span Model of Career Development divides the life span into five different stages; Initial, Establishment, Maintenance, Growth and Decline. An individual becomes a full time member in an organization at Establishment Stage and remains engaged with the same or different employers until he reaches the Decline Stage around 60 years of age. The employee may frequently change his employers but his attitude towards the job changes in a consistent manner. The results of a survey in an insurance company with Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire fail to predict overall satisfaction at any stage. It is concluded that appropriate modulation in each aspect while designing contents of a job for an employee at a particular age group may increase his satisfaction to a large extent.
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Anshuman Bhattacharya
Faculty of Commerce, Banaras Hindu University, India

Abstract


The Life Span Model of Career Development divides the life span into five different stages; Initial, Establishment, Maintenance, Growth and Decline. An individual becomes a full time member in an organization at Establishment Stage and remains engaged with the same or different employers until he reaches the Decline Stage around 60 years of age. The employee may frequently change his employers but his attitude towards the job changes in a consistent manner. The results of a survey in an insurance company with Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire fail to predict overall satisfaction at any stage. It is concluded that appropriate modulation in each aspect while designing contents of a job for an employee at a particular age group may increase his satisfaction to a large extent.

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