Reflection On Decision Making

This week’s lecture was based on attitudes, perception and individual decision making in the work place. The cognitive disparity that consists between our attitudes and behavior does affect how we are perceived in front of others, as that shows a lack of confidence in our decision- making skills.

Individuals have all sorts of attitudes towards their organization and work environment. Job satisfaction is an integral part that is discussed by employees, how they perceive their organization and how they transform their thoughts into decision-making skills. A study was conducted that examined the ‘job-satisfaction and job- performance relationship’ the qualitative review was based on seven models each evaluating the relationship. In my opinion

As a leader I don’t want my employees to let their attitudes determine their behavior. I want them to channel their focus and energy towards job performance (behavior) and as a result their job satisfaction (attitude) will increase, “satisfaction model is derived from the assumption that performance leads to valued outcomes that are satisfying to individuals” (Judge, Bono, Thoresen, Patton, 2001).). When an individual evaluates their job satisfaction they look at different variables, the work content, pay, promotion, management staff, colleagues and their overall happiness (Robbins & Judge, 2013). Two of the variables where research hasn’t been able to determine a strong parallel for high job satisfaction levels, in comparison to the other variables are promotion and pay. Surprisingly, these are the variables that should least concern you as a leader of an organization because even though