Employee satisfaction and job climate: An empirical study of Japanese manufacturing employees

This study identified supportive supervision, co-worker social support, and job awareness as three factors that affect job satisfaction of employees from two mid-sized Japanese manufacturing companies. In addition to the significant main effects of supportive supervision and co-worker social support, a significant interaction effect between supportive supervision and job awareness was obtained. This interaction suggests that supportive supervision is very important in increasing job satisfaction when workers have low levels of job awareness.We appreciate the comments and assistance of Professor Y. Hara, Associate Professor M. Yano, S. Kobayashi, J. Nukata, and two anonymous reviewers for their valuable recommendations on the earlier version of the article.