Job Training: Effects On Job Satisfaction

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Job Training: Effects on Job Satisfaction 1 Job Training: Effects on Job Satisfaction Jonathan B. Medina California Lutheran University Abstract Job satisfaction has been studied all over the world for more than three quarters of a century. All over the world and in a broad array of professions, there is a measurable positive correlation between job training and its effects on job satisfaction. This is demonstrable across countries and cultures. This holds true for a broad array of career fields, such as health care providers, managers, and those who work in the industrial trades. The findings are reasonably consistent across time. Job training is usually an expensive proposition for any company. However, over the long term, job training is key component in employee motivation and retention, and is a worthwhile and necessary investment for the continued success of the company. Keywords: job training, job satisfaction Introduction The primary motivation of each business is to earn profits. That is a simple statement and the quantity of a period’s profits can be easily seen in the net income line of a company’s profit and loss statement. Achieving those profits is a complicated thing that involves many factors. Consistently continuing to generate profits month after month, quarter after quarter, and year after year gets even more complicated. Sustained profitability requires that management maintain at least some focus on future periods in order to have continued success. It is easy for both management and employees to get wrapped up in the success of the immediate month or quarter. There are some factors of ongoing business success that are easy to put off until next month or next quarter. That is OK if this is the busy season and things will slow down soon. It can be fatal to a business if it puts these

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