Editing Job satisfaction (section)

==== Personality ====
Some research suggests an association between personality and job satisfaction.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Judge | first1 = T. A. | last2 = Heller | first2 = D. | last3 = Mount | first3 = M. K. | year = 2002 | title = Five-factor model of personality and job satisfaction: A meta-analysis | journal = Journal of Applied Psychology | volume = 87 | issue = 3| pages = 530–541 | doi=10.1037/0021-9010.87.3.530| pmid = 12090610 | citeseerx = 10.1.1.461.558 | s2cid = 10486565 }}</ref> Specifically, this research describes the role of [[negative affectivity]] and [[positive affectivity]]. Negative affectivity is related strongly to the personality trait of [[neuroticism]]. Individuals high in negative affectivity are more prone to experience less job satisfaction. Positive affectivity is related strongly to the personality trait of [[extraversion]]. Those high in positive affectivity are more prone to be satisfied in most dimensions of their life, including their job. Differences in affectivity likely impact how individuals will perceive objective job circumstances like pay and working conditions, thus affecting their satisfaction in that job.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Brief | first1 = A. P. | last2 = Weiss | first2 = H. M. | year = 2002 | title = Organizational behavior: Affect in the workplace | journal = Annual Review of Psychology | volume = 53 | pages = 279–307 | doi=10.1146/annurev.psych.53.100901.135156| pmid = 11752487 }}</ref>

There are two personality factors related to job satisfaction, [[Social alienation|alienation]] and [[locus of control]].  Employees who have an internal locus of control and feel less alienated are more likely to experience job satisfaction, job involvement and organizational commitment.  A meta-analysis of 187 studies of job satisfaction concluded that high satisfaction was positively associated with internal locus of control. The study also showed characteristics like high [[Machiavellianism (psychology)|Machiavellianism]], [[narcissism]], [[trait anger]], [[type A personality]] dimensions of achievement striving and impatience/irritability, are also related to job satisfaction.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Bruk-Lee | first1 = V. | last2 = Khoury | first2 = H. A. | last3 = Nixon | first3 = A. E. | last4 = Goh | first4 = A. | last5 = Spector | first5 = P. E. | year = 2009 | title = Replicating and extending past personality/job satisfaction meta-analyses | journal = Human Performance | volume = 22 | issue = 2| pages = 156–189 | doi=10.1080/08959280902743709| s2cid = 143388641 }}</ref>