Is workplace culture more important to building a satisfied work team than money and benefits? A survey from the Society for Human Resource Management suggests that it is.

SHRM does an annual survey on employee satisfaction, and this year's results found more workers reporting job satisfaction that at any time since 2004.

But SHRM added some new "satisfaction factors" to this year's survey that may have elicited significant information about the true components of job satisfaction. The most revealing were: "Respectful treatment of all employees at all levels," and "Trust between employees and senior management."

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.

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