Editing Job satisfaction (section)

== History ==
The assessment of job satisfaction through employee anonymous surveys became commonplace in the 1930s.<ref name="Latham, G. P. 2007 pp. 353-381">Latham, G. P., & Budworth, M. H. (2007). The study of work motivation in the 20th century. In L. L. Koppes (Ed.)  Historical perspectives in industrial and organizational psychology (pp. 353-381). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.</ref> Although prior to that time there was the beginning of interest in employee attitudes, there were only a handful of studies published.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Kornhauser | first1 = A. W. | year = 1930 | title = Industrial psychology in England, Germany and the United States | journal = Personnel Journal | volume = 8 | pages = 421–434 }}</ref> Latham and Budworth<ref name="Latham, G. P. 2007 pp. 353-381"/> note that Uhrbrock<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Uhrbrock | first1 = R. S. | year = 1934 | title = Attitudes of 4430 employees | journal = The Journal of Social Psychology | volume = 5 | issue = 3| pages = 365–377 | doi=10.1080/00224545.1934.9921604}}</ref> in 1934 was one of the first psychologists to use the newly developed attitude measurement techniques to assess factory worker attitudes. They also note that in 1935 Hoppock<ref>Hoppock, R. (1935). Job satisfaction. Oxford, England: Harper.</ref> conducted a study that focused explicitly on job satisfaction that is affected by both the nature of the job and relationships with coworkers and supervisors.