Abstract: The paper reviewed past research on the dispositional source of job satisfaction. It provided detailed studies of relationship between personality and job satisfaction with different theories and frameworks describing the structure and nature of personality, and introduced how personality influenced job satisfaction. Then it reviewed the studies of dynamic relationships among personality, affect and job satisfaction. Finally, areas for further research were put forward, such as the psychological mechanisms and the dynamic relationships among personality, affect and job satisfaction

Key words: personality, , affect, job satisfaction