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thought he deserved the promotion (cognition), he strongly dislikes his supervisor (affect),

                     and he is looking for another job (behavior).










































                                             Figure 2.1: Components of Attitude

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                           Source: Organizational Behavior, 15 . Edition, Stephen P. Robbins. Timothy A. Judge


               2.3 Major Job Attitudes


                     Most of the research in OB has looked at three attitudes: job satisfaction, job involvement,

                     and organizational commitment.


                     a)   Job Satisfaction

                          When  people  speak  of  employee  attitudes,  they  usually  mean  job  satisfaction,  which

                          describes a positive feeling about a job, resulting from an evaluation of its





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