Consequences of job Dissatisfaction

Job dissatisfaction produces low morale among workers and low morale at work is highly undesirable.Accordingly , managers must be constantly watchful for any signs of low morale and job dissatisfaction and take corrective action as soon as possible.Some of the indicators of low morale are ,

Employee Unrest
Under this condition the employee may not attend to hi job properly.Sometimes ,he comes so frustrated that he may take to undesirable habits as excessive drinking.So it may affect the mental health and well being of the worker.If it affects a large number of workers they may resort is collective action such as go slow ,work stoppage strike and other allied group action.

Absenteeism

Less satisfied employees are more likely to be absent from work due to avoidable reasons.Management must be concerned with excessive absenteeism for it disrupts production and business operations.

Tardiness

This is also similar to absenteeism.But this is not due to some explainable reason such as getting children ready for school but only due to the fact that employees really do not care much for their work.This is indicated by excessive time spent in rest rooms , lingering in the parking lot before coming to work spending too much time on personal telephone calls.So ,they actually spend time at work but that there is not spent on useful and productive work.


Employee Turnover

The organizational units with the lowest average satisfaction levels tend to have the highest turnover rates. Turnover may be voluntary , which is initiated by the employees or it may be due to job dissatisfaction or other personal reason beyond control by the management.


Union Activity

The evidence for dissatisfaction is a major cause of unionization. In addition the employees feel that individually they are unable to influence changes that would result in the alimentation , of those factors that cause job dissatisfaction .Lower level of union activities is related to the level of job dissatisfaction and lower level of job dissatisfaction may result in grievances while higher level of job dissatisfaction may result in employee strikes.