The high rate of job applications makes many feel less likely to care about current employees and overall job satisfaction. As stated by Locke (1969) “Job satisfaction is the pleasant emotional state resulting from the evaluation of one's work as achieving or facilitating the achievement of one's work values.” Locke emphasizes the fact that the emotional state of employees contributes greatly to their career involvement. If employees don't feel appreciated, they are more likely to be less satisfied or wanted. However, there are ways to ensure the correct rewards are expressed. Locke discusses these three elements necessary for the evaluation process: perception of some aspect of the job, an implicit or explicit standard of value, and a conscious or subconscious judgment of the relationship between one's perception and one's values. This shows a lot to managers and how to deal with the opinions of their employees. Many managers might view pay as the only justification for employee happiness, however Locke presents it
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