JOB DISSATISFACTION

Academic Development



Academic Development

Introduction

For academic development, a scholarly article has been chosen on the topic of Job dissatisfaction. The leading Singapore daily newspaper Straits Times published the article on May 30, 2011 which was about the workers of Singapore. According to that article it was shown that they are the unhappiest workers in the world who are highly dissatisfied with their work and positions. In that article a research work was shown by Lumesse on this issue. In today's era the scarcity of talent is considered as something natural but it is not like that but people need to be trained properly and then to be motivated and encouraged by their employers to work efficiently and effectively. Assistant director of a corporate service Mr. Josh Goh, claimed that to harness best employees to their employment it is necessary to focus on creating a strong employer brand. He also suggested that we could not always seek long-term employment from every employee.

Summary of the Article

If anyone hates his or her job, considering job a burden on him or her and thinking to quit the job then it is not a problem only with him but many of the Singaporean workforce is like this. According to a recent survey, it has been shown that Singapore lies in the last among the countries whose employees are affected by workplace unhappiness. People were asked about the unhappiness or dissatisfaction of them towards their work in a poll. And the results were like this that we are least loyal to our workplace, least enjoys going to work, and we have the least collaborative workplace. According to Mr. Bezemer, the poor of Singapore shows lack of consistency and transparency in their workplaces and lacking in job stimulating (Flinck, 1998, p. 222). Senior partner and managing director for a human resource consultancy firm said that in Singapore because of the high economic growth there are increased job opportunities so companies should work even harder than before to retain and attract new employees. Chief executive of Singapore Chamber of Commerce stated that it is a fact that there are various opportunities in Singapore to be employed for and people feel it like finding something better than working somewhere else. But people are still not satisfied and leaving their jobs. Ms. Majella Selvin who is a manager of Secretariat stated that employees stay in jobs for having a good ...