This activity is important because it will help you better understand the elements of job dissatisfaction. The goal of this activity is to explain how job dissatisfaction affects employee behavior.

Read each scenario, then select the appropriate source of job dissatisfaction to which it belongs.

Ashish was alwavs anary about some aspect of his work, regardless of the position, task, or other employees in his department.

Mackenzie recently discovered that her friend Ariel, who works in the same department and started at the same time as she did, received a $10\%$ hiqher wage increase.

Yasmin's claims processing job is very redundant and boring. She logs in claims and verifies the information only, having no decision$-$making authority to follow up$.$

Xavier's company expects managers to work long hours and offers limited vacation or sick day time off. Consequently, Xavier is seeking a new position with better benefits.

Jesse started a new job over six months ago and yet she still feels like she barely knows her coworkers and is rarely included in their personal conversations.

Mateo is frustrated at the distribution center. His performance is evaluated poorly for over spending the payroll budget, but at the same time, he is warned he must make sure all positions on the floor are covered.

Zach's manager is cold and unapproachable. Despite Zach's long hours, his manager never thanks him nor recognizes his efforts.

Cecilia blames everyone else when she misses her production goals or has a bad day at work. She complains constantly and repeatedly criticizes her peers, supervisors, or the task requirements as the causes of her poor work.