(Moderators play a big role in the the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance.)

Studying the link between job satisfaction and job performance can be too simplified so that, that can result in inconsistent findings. That is why more complex prediction strategies such as the incorporation of moderators should be added, to increase the satisfaction performance relationship. One of these moderators is HONS( higher order of needs). (Abdel-Halim, A., A, p345). Another moderator in the job satisfaction and job performance relationship is self-consitency. You have three types of self-esteem. The first one chronic self-esteem is defined as a person’s enduring evaluation of himself or herself across situations. The second one, task-specific self-esteem refers to the feelings of competence on a task in a specific situation. The third one, social-self esteem is the self-evaluation resulting from social rewards and feedback from others about one’s behavior. (lopez p 336). (paraphrasen) Lopez et al,p concluded that self-esteem moderates the relationship : (1) whether one is considering the chronic, the task-specific, or the social aspects of self-esteem; (2) the subject’s sex; (3) the type of job satisfaction measured. The job satisfaction and job performance relationship is also moderated by the occupational group in which the employee is. The subjects in this study were wintering over parties. The first party represents civilian scientists. The second party represents Navy enlisted men. He concluded that the amount of job satisfaction and job performance would be more closely related within the cicvillian scientist. The correlations were .19 for the Navy enlisted group and .38 for the scientist group. So the different correlations emphasize the moderating effect of occupational group.( Richard and gunderson p359-361). Bhagat R S, p786 suggested that organizational pressure for performance is also a moderator in the job satisfaction and job performance relationship. Another moderator suggested by Bhaggat et al, p 787 is time pressure.