“If you want your employees to increase their level of performance, you need to create high levels of job satisfaction.” Discuss. Intensive research has been conducted to get the most out of the employee in order to maximize profitability and performance. The most notable of these researchers are Elton Mayo, Frederick Winslow Taylor, and Abraham Maslow. Job satisfaction has been credited as a strong influence on performance. According to Colquit, “Job satisfaction is one of several individual mechanisms that directly impact job performance and organizational commitment.” This view has been contested and shared to such an extent that most researchers have begun to assume that we know all there is to know about the topic and its importance has declined (Roznowski and Hulin, 1992). Other significant sociologists on this topic include Timothy A. Judge, Carl J. Thoresen, Joyce E. Bono, and Gregory K. Patton (The Job Satisfaction-Job Performance Relationship: A Qualitative and Quantitative Review). In these works it is argued that job satisfaction is actually the result of high performance rather than the cause. While job satisfaction can play an important role in an employee's performance, it is not a mandatory component of that employee's performance level. In fact, it can be said that job satisfaction is the result of high levels of performance! It is, however, a highly recognized term in relation to an employee's emotions, behavior and beliefs. “Like expectancy theorists, Locke (1970) viewed satisfaction as arising from performance, but in this case satisfaction was seen as a function of goal-directed behavior and level attainment.” (Judge, Thoresen Bono and Patton 2001). This suggests the idea that… middle of paper… although job satisfaction is an important part of an employee's performance. However, it is still a component of performance and not necessarily a cause of increased performance levels. Despite its overlooked meaning, it is not a must when dealing with an employee's effectiveness within the organization. The challenge for the organization is to nurture employee motivation to work more efficiently and effectively, satisfaction will flow from employees in due course. References: Judge, T.A., Thoresen, C.J., Bono, J.E., Patton, G.K. (2001). Psychological bulletin. The job satisfaction-job performance relationship: A qualitative and quantitative review. 127(3), 376-407.(2013). Job satisfaction. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_satisfaction. Last accessed: 30 January 2013. Argyle, M. (1987), The Psychology of Happiness. London: Methuen