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Personal work goals and job satisfaction
Katarina Fister
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Abstract: An active area of studying antecedents and correlates of happiness, satisfaction and subjective well-being, examines the function of personal goals and goal strivings. The article presents the theoretical concept of personal goals and the application of personal goals assessment and analysis in the domain of work. The study aims to answer the following questions: what is the content of personal work goals, and what is the relationship between the characteristics of personal goals and job satisfaction. The content of personal goals mainly represents desires, intentions to improve job performance, to get knowledge, and intellectual development. Job satisfaction is connected with importance, value of personal goals, feelings of efficacy, and with the positive responses of the work environment to personal strivings of employees. This shows that employees have found meaning and purpose connected to work, something that gives them sense of efficacy, self-worthiness and the possibility to get affirmation from others. The study points out some specific influences of current socio-cultural situation.
Keywords: personal goals, work, job satisfaction
