Job satisfaction and visual display unit (VDU) usage: an explanatory model

Abstract This study explores the relationship between job salisfaction and the daily usage of visual display units (VDUs). A negative correlation is found to exist between job satisfaction and utilization of the VDU. Workers who have utilized the VDU alone for data entry were more satisfied with their jobs than those workers who had used the key punch for data entry and then switched to the VDU, although they said they preferred the VDU over the key punch. The following model was found to be statistically significant: Job satisfaction =f(-VDU Usage + Supervisor intervention+ Team membership+ job utility—performance of the task)