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    This document provides an annotated bibliography for an argument that college students should consider job satisfaction over salary when deciding on a career. The author discusses several sources that support the idea that money does not necessarily buy happiness, and that intrinsic rewards from an enjoyable job may be more important to well-being than a high-paying career that is unsatisfying. The annotated sources cover topics such as the relationship between income and life satisfaction, how social comparisons affect happiness more than absolute income, and studies showing correlations between job satisfaction and depression.

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    This document provides an annotated bibliography for an argument that college students should consider job satisfaction over salary when deciding on a career. The author discusses several sources that support the idea that money does not necessarily buy happiness, and that intrinsic rewards from an enjoyable job may be more important to well-being than a high-paying career that is unsatisfying. The annotated sources cover topics such as the relationship between income and life satisfaction, how social comparisons affect happiness more than absolute income, and studies showing correlations between job satisfaction and depression.

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    This document provides an annotated bibliography for an argument that college students should consider job satisfaction over salary when deciding on a career. The author discusses several sources that support the idea that money does not necessarily buy happiness, and that intrinsic rewards from an enjoyable job may be more important to well-being than a high-paying career that is unsatisfying. The annotated sources cover topics such as the relationship between income and life satisfaction, how social comparisons affect happiness more than absolute income, and studies showing correlations between job satisfaction and depression.

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    Annotated Bibliography

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    Iris Garcia
    This document provides an annotated bibliography for an argument that college students should consider job satisfaction over salary when deciding on a career. The author discusses several sources that support the idea that money does not necessarily buy happiness, and that intrinsic rewards from an enjoyable job may be more important to well-being than a high-paying career that is unsatisfying. The annotated sources cover topics such as the relationship between income and life satisfaction, how social comparisons affect happiness more than absolute income, and studies showing correlations between job satisfaction and depression.

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    Abstract
    Whyshouldstudentsfocusmoreonwhatbringsthemhappinessratherthanjustthinkingabout
    money?Iplantoarguethatcollegestudentsshouldtakemorethanjusttheirfuturepaycheckinto
    accountwhendecidingtheirjob.Asacurrentcollegestudent,thisisaveryrelevanttopictome
    andonethatIhavetoohavestruggledwithforyearsbeforeIevencametocollege.Irealizethat
    noteveryonecandoexactlywhattheywant;thatsanunrealisticgoal.Andobviously,moneyis
    neededtopurchasenecessitiesandluxuriesalikeandisamajorpointofstresstomostwhen
    thereisntenough,butstudieshaveshownthatonlyabout30%ofAmericansactuallyenjoythe
    jobthey'rein.Whyisthat?America,thelandfilledwithopportunity,iscurrentlybeingwasted
    onpeoplewhowhocaremoreforthematerialthingsratherthanwhatistrulyimportant.
    Studentsshouldfindjobsthatpaythebills,butmoreimportantlyshouldmakethemhappy.

    Biswas-Diener, Robert, and Ed Diener. Will Money Increase Subjective Well-Being?: A


    Literature Review and Guide to Needed Research. Social Indicators Research,
    vol. 57,
    no. 2, Feb. 2002, pp. 119169. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27526987.
    Accessed on 2 Nov.
    2016.
    In the scholarly article, Will Money Increase Subjective Well-Being?, Ed Diener and Rober
    Biswas-Diener review four findings regarding money and subjective well-being. They discuss
    the fact that there is a large correlation between subjective well-being and money among nations,
    but within the nations themselves the correlation isnt as large. The economic growth in nations
    has not led to much of an increase in subjective well-being (most likely because of the hedonic
    treadmill allowing people to adjust to the increase in economic wealth) and that there are just
    some people who care so much about material wealth that they just cannot be happy without
    money. This could be useful in my paper as a counter argument by saying that money may not
    make you happy, but not having any could make you unhappy. Being in a job you love but that
    cannot meet the basic needs of food and shelter might lead to unhappiness even though you are
    doing the thing you have always dreamed of.

    Boyce, Christopher J. et al. Money and Happiness : Rank of Income, Not Income, Affects Life
    Satisfaction. Psychological Science, vol. 21, no. 4, Apr. 2010, pp. 471475.
    www.jstor.org/stable/41062232. Accessed 2 Nov. 2016.

    Christopher Boyce, Gordon Brown and Simon Moores article relating money and happiness has
    a different take on the subject than many other articles and books have take. They claim that
    money does not make you happy, but where the amount of money you have compares to those
    around you is what can make you happier or less happy. Boyce, Brown, and Gordon go into the
    matter mathematically using formulas and whatnot to find accurate measurements for their study
    and with that information, they even go as far to say that being among people richer than
    oneself can be detrimental to well-being. I think I would use this article to make the point that
    even if students were to choose their job based on how much money they would get, there would
    always be someone who got more than them (especially in the beginning) which would make
    whatever job they're in a discouraging place to work, so they would be better off doing
    something they really enjoy so they could focus more on the intrinsic values from the job rather
    than the extrinsic.
    Brooks, Arthur C. Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America--and How
    We
    Can Get More of It. New York: Basic, 2008.
    ArthurBrooksisasocialscientistwholooksatconnectionsbetweenculture,economics,and
    politics.InGrossNationalHappinesshecombinestheculturalandeconomicsidesofhappiness.
    Forthisresearchpaper,Iwillbefocusingontheeconomicside,specificallythefirstchapterof
    thatsection.Insaidchapter,hebeginswithanexampleofamanwhowonthelotteryanddied3
    yearslaterbecauseofhisalcoholproblemandhisparanoiaofpeoplebeingouttokillhimforhis
    money.Thatexampleshowstheworstthatcanhappeninthatsortofsituation,butBrooksthen
    goesontoofferrealfactsbehindthat.HisevidenceextendsbeyondtheUnitedStatesinJapan,
    Mexico,France,andvariouscountriesinAfrica.Hementionsthateventhoughsomecountries
    arericherthanothers,thericheronesarenotalwaysthehappieronesandhebroughtupthe
    hedonictreadmilltoaccountforthatphenomenon.Thehedonictreadmillistheideathatwhen
    yougetmore,youlleventuallybecomeaccustomedtoitandwantmoreagain.Thisideawillfit
    intomyessaytosupportwhypeopleusuallygoafterjobswiththepromiseofalotofmoney
    insteadofwhatwillmakethemhappy.Theythinkthemoneywillmakethemhappy,anditdoes,
    foralittlebit,butthempeoplebecomeaccustomedtothemoneyandwantmoreagainwhich
    leadstounhappiness.
    Kawada, Tomoyuki, and Miwako Yoshimura. Results of a 100-point Scale for Evaluating Job
    Satisfaction and the Occupational Depression Scale Questionnaire Survey in
    Workers.
    Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 54 (2012): 420-23.
    National
    Center for Biotechnology Information. U.S. National Library of Medicine,
    Apr. 2012.
    10.1097/JOM.0b013e31824173ab01. Nov. 2016.

    Astudywasdonetotestthecorrelationbetweendepressionandjobsatisfactioninworkers.A
    totalof2737Japanesemenandwomenfromapharmaceuticalcompanywereapartofthestudy
    andtheconclusionpresentedwasthatjobsatisfactionwassignificantlyassociatedwiththe
    depressivestate.TomoyukiKawadawastheoneleadingthestudyandisapartofthe
    DepartmentofHygieneandPublicHealth,NipponMedicalSchoolinTokyo.Whathefound,
    whilenotbeingapplicabletopeopleotherthanJapaneseworkersfromapharmaceutical
    companybecauseofthelackofrandomnessinhisstudy,doesmakesenseworldwide.If
    someonehatestheirjob,theyaremorelikelytobedepressedsinceajobissomethingtheyhave
    todoforaroundeighthoursadayeverydaywhichcanbegintotakeatollofoneswellbeing.
    Thisstudydoeshavesomelimitationsasthevalidityofmeasuringthecorrelationbetween
    satisfactionanddepressionthroughascaleandtheremighthavebeenbiasthroughoutthestudy.

    Korkki, Phyllis. Job Satisfaction vs. a Big Paycheck. The New York Times. The New York
    Times, 11 Sept. 2010. www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/jobs/12search.html?_r=0. 26
    Oct.
    2016.
    ThisnewsarticlebyPhyllisKorkki,awriterfortheNewYorkTimes,discussesexactlywhatits
    titlesuggests:jobsatisfactionvs.abigpaycheck.Korkkiclaimsthattomostpeopleabig
    paycheckseemstobethemoreimportantofthetwo,butwhenlookingatresearchcomparing
    howhappypeoplearewhenmoneyisinvolved,lackofmoneyiswhatmakestherealdifference
    untilitdoesn'tanymore.Thelackofmoney,hesaid,nolongerhurtsyouafter$75,000.
    Withmoremoneyusuallycomesmorestressfromamoredemandingjob,butusuallyhappiness
    seemstoplateau.ThearticlewasclearlyintendedforAmericanadults;itcovershowsome
    peoplecanmaketheswitchfromdentisttoschoolteacherandwhyotherscannotanditallboils
    downtopriorities.Thisarticleshouldbeusefulwhendiscussingthefactthatmoremoneyisnt
    everything.Generallypeoplecandowellwithlessofpaycheckiftheyrealizedstuffdoesnot
    makethemanyhappierthanbefore.

    Steen, Margaret. Job Satisfaction is more than Money and Status. EBSCOhost. Infoworld
    Publishing Group, 27 Oct. 1997.
    bi.galegroup.com.proxy.library.nd.edu/essentials/article/
    GALE|
    A19936266/bb8470bec8fedfe31aac5222de8059a2?u=nd_ref. 26 Oct. 2016.

    MargaretSteenwrotethisshortarticleonwhatsomeITprofessionalshopedtoeventuallyget
    outoftheircareer.Thisarticlecouldbeapplicabletoanumberofbusinesspeoplesinceitis
    specificallyaboutITworkersbutthemessagecanapplytoanyonewithaprofessionaljob.While
    somepeopledidsaytheywantedtoclimbthecorporateladder,manyotherssaidtheyweremore
    interestedinflexiblehours,beingabletoworkathome,orworkingwithappreciativeend
    users.Tosomemoneyandpowercanbeeverything,buttothosewhorealizehavingexuberant
    amountsisoverratedismoreconcernedwithmaintainingtheirhomerelationshipsandbecoming
    betteratheirjobswhichissomethingthathappenswhenpeopleactuallycareaboutthework
    theyaredoing.Thisshortarticlewillserveasagoodexampleinmyessaytoshowthateven
    whenyou'reinajobthatcouldpotentiallymakeyoualotofmoney,sometimesitsbetterto
    focusonthelittlethingsthatsometimesgetoverlooked.

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