Key findings linking employee satisfaction with productivity, performance, and customer satisfaction pdf. A study on significance of job satisfaction and commitment of. Determinants of motivation and job satisfaction among by. However, because job performance is omitted, its role as a potential mediator of the effect of effort on job satisfaction is not considered. These long work hours may be indicative of a strong commitment by clergy to their congregations and community. Selfadministered questionnaires were used to collect data from the participants. Moreover, findings about satisfaction level of employees and recommendations for the institution are presented in the report. The effects of employee development programs on job satisfaction and employee retention title training and development dr. The effects of employee recognition, pay, and benefits on. Abraham maslow1954 suggested that human needa from a fivelevel hierarchy ranging from physiological needs, safety, belongingess and love, esteem to selfactualization. Further, the majority of job satisfaction studies have been conducted in across different occupations in one organization or across multiple organizations. The relationship between teacher job satisfaction and principal leadership styles this dissertation has been approved and accepted by the faculty of the education department, carsonnewman university, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree, doctor of education. Objectives of the study to examine the effect of motivation on employee performance.
Job satisfaction is a worldwide issue and a diversity of research is going on to help organizations in understanding the job satisfaction and thereby resolve the related problems. Job satisfaction or employee satisfaction is a measure of workers contentedness with their job. This study shows that employee job satisfaction largely depend on job promotions, compensation system, involvement in. This study attempted to find out the relationship of work performance and job satisfaction among the teachers of division of cotabato city. Iffat asghar ms scholar, department of business administration. Job satisfaction, employee morale, and employee motivation. The concept of job satisfaction, viewed through different lenses by various scholars, is defined differently. What is the profile of the teacherrespondents in terms of a age, b sex, c civil status, d highest. The aim of this study was to establish whether a relationship existed between the variables job satisfaction and organisational culture of employees within a service organisation. Job satisfaction and performance of school teachers. An investigation into the factors affecting job satisfaction at the kzn fet college swinton campus, is submitted solely for degree purpose at the university of south.
An evaluation of the determinants of job satisfaction in canadian family physicians chapter 1. It is generally perceived to be directly linked to productitivty as well as to personal wellbeing. It is also the first paper to consider the importance of promotion expectations and how these expectations may affect the relationship between promotion receipt, or lack thereof, and job satisfaction. Lawler 1972 refers job satisfaction is the sum of job facet satisfaction across all facets of a job. The happier people are within their job, the more pleased they are said to be. The aim is to define the determinants for job satisfaction and to investigate the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance and the influence of job satisfaction on job performance. Participants included 129 employees of a small business in western new york. Job satisfaction is a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of ones job. Many studies treat effort as part of job performance, which is defined broadly as an aggregate construct of effort. The main thrust of the study was to find out the relationship between the level of motivation and the level of job satisfaction of the call center agents of medialink contact solutions, inc. There is a relationship between the professional status and the job satisfaction. Research pdf available august 2015 with 65,291 reads how we measure reads. The population for this study is all the employees working in glass industry in lahore and there are. But its expression in the human mind is understandable.
It has been accepted for inclusion in dissertations by an authorized administrator of scholarworks at wmu. Much research has been done on the job satisfaction of secondary school teachers in addis ababa, ethiopia. Cross country evidence 2 attention to employee recognition as a factor that affects job satisfaction. Nurses united states job satisfaction case studies. Fringe benefits and job satisfaction benjamin artz university of wisconsin milwaukee abstract fringe benefits stand as an important part of compensation but confirming their role in determining job satisfaction has been mixed at best. Teachers job satisfaction and motivation paper type. It also investigates the impacts of pharmaceutical type, work experience, age, and sex differences on the attitudes. Effective organizational communication affects employee attitude, happiness, and job satisfaction.
Methodology this study is designed to see whether promotion chances available to an employee can predict job satisfaction in him or not. The aims of this conceptual paper is to provide a theoretical rationale of. Job satisfaction among faculty members at nonmetropolitan teachers colleges in central thailand dissertation presented to the graduate council of north texas state university in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy by suthep karoonlanjakorn, b. Job satisfaction describes how content an individual is happy with his or her job. Job satisfaction in public sector and private sector. Dear rawal, when we are going to job satisfaction survey then it should be related with both i. While scales of the latter type focus specifically on cognitive processes, the set of items of the ojs captures job satisfaction in public sector and private sector. It also deals with the effect the culture has on employee satisfaction. Job satisfaction is the opposite of no satisfaction, such as employees are not satisfied with their working condition or compensation, and so forth. In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of. Job satisfaction questionnaire should be deal with everything which are related to perform these specific job i.
A quantitative study of correlates of job satisfaction among. The job satisfactionjob performance relationship timothy a. To assess and measure job satisfaction in employees of abc company i would recommend job descriptive method jdi. Paper 1 uses a qualitative design to explore perceptions of health workers about motivating factors in their working environment in two states in nigeria. Others believe it is simply the contentment an employee feels about hisher job. Job descriptive index assesses five most important facets of job satisfaction. Relationship between nurses job satisfaction and quality. It focuses on the relative importance of job satisfaction factors and their impacts on the overall job satisfaction of employees. The connection between wellness programs and employee job.
The minnesota satisfaction questionnaire and turnover intention survey were used to collect the data. Empirical study of employee job satisfaction muhammad rizwan 1, waqas mehmood khan corresponding author2, hafiz muhammad aqeel tariq 3, abdul ghaffar 4, malik zubair anjum5, ehsan ullah bajwa 6 1 lecturer, department of management sciences the islamia university of bahawalpur pakistan. Greenberg and baron 2008, for instance, viewed job satisfaction as a feeling that can produce a positive or negative effect toward ones roles and responsibilities at work and added that it is important to understand the concept of job satisfaction as. So our research study will insurance the impact of motivation on employee performance and job satisfaction. Personality traits and job satisfaction 8 proceedings of 2nd international conference on business management isbn. An investigation into the factors affecting job satisfaction.
Factors affecting job satisfaction of employees in a public institution submitted by seda unutmaz in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of science in industrial engineering department. Job satisfaction, analytic hierarchy process, job satisfaction survey. The relationship of perceived supervisory behavior to satisfaction with supervision, patient care, and organizational coordination among nurses in a pediatric hospital. This year presents the greatest proportion of employees satisfied with their current job since shrm first administered the employee job satisfaction survey in. A descriptive study of job satisfaction and its relationship with group cohesion applied psychology dr. Job dissatisfaction is an employees response to their job, which can range from feelings of apathy to depression and despair, among others. Job satisfaction or employee satisfaction has been defined in many ways. By benjamin owusu a thesis submitted to the department of managerial science, kwame nkrumah. Efficient management of human resources is a crucial factor in determining the growth and prosperity of business enterprises. Affective job satisfaction is the extent of pleasurable emotional feelings individuals have about their jobs. The connection between wellness programs and employee job satisfaction in higher education by donel j. The theoretical framework of this thesis includes such concepts as leadership, job satisfaction, motivation, rewards and cultural differences.
Pdf job satisfaction in relation to organisational culture. Data was then analyzed using statistical software spss 17. I hereby declare that job satisfaction amongst employees at a public health institution in the western cape is my own work, that it has not been submitted for any degree or examination at any other institution of higher learning, and that all references have, to the best of my knowledge, been correctly reported. Job satisfaction and performance of school teachers dr. Work performance and job satisfaction among teachers. The present study was to investigate the job satisfaction of the secondary school teachers of west bengal. The effects of employee recognition, pay, and benefits on job satisfaction. Job satisfaction and job performance at the work place. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between personality traits and job satisfaction among music teachers. The topic of the thesis is job satisfaction and job performance at the work place. Foglemans masters thesis research at cornell university. The relationships between job satisfaction and personality.
How career orientation shapes the job satisfactionturnover. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies small business leaders used to increase employees overall job satisfaction in alberta, canada. In this case, the need for ensuring employee job satisfaction becomes a. Summary this study examined the impact of career orientation on the static and dynamic relationships between job satisfaction and turnover. Organisations both in the private and public sector across the globe rely on their workforce for optimum productivity which will in turn result to organisational efficiency. In other words, they are happy and contented with all the aspects that comes with the job the compensation, responsibilities. The mostused research definition of job satisfaction is by locke 1976, who defined it as. National college of education for women, chennai600 005 email. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the level of employee satisfaction and work motivation in supermarket prisma in mikkeli. Job satisfaction strategies to improve performance. Job satisfaction and promotions cleveland state university. A study on significance of job satisfaction and commitment of employees in small scale industries dr. A study on the impact of job satisfaction on job performance of employees working in automobile industry, punjab, india article pdf available february 2017 with 29,211 reads how we measure.
Job satisfaction is a workers sense of achievement and sucess on the job. Job satisfaction is closely linked to that individuals behaviour in the work place davis et al. Mehta 2012 investigated on job satisfaction among teachers to know whether the perception of job satisfaction among teachers was affected by the type of organization private vs. This study investigated the role of employee organizational committement and employees job satisfaction in predicting employee perfor mance. Joseph benkowski may 2001 51 graduate major research advisor monthyear no. While you may be asked to write on a series of potential topics, there are similarities in all of the possible subjects. Descriptive analysis was made to study the perception of job satisfaction of male vs. The main objective of the study was to explore the differences among the job satisfaction of the secondary school teachers in terms of their. Pdf a study on the impact of job satisfaction on job.
This means that the satisfaction of these talented employees is a priority in this industry. The impact of motivation on the employee performance and. The established, inverse relationship between job satisfaction and employee turnover intention is very important to research in. High levels of job satisfaction are observed in those professions which are deemed of good. Scholars and human resource professionals generally make a distinction between affective job satisfaction and cognitive job satisfaction. Examining job satisfaction and career motivating factors of. Satisfaction of job is essential for every employee regardless of their field. In order to warn you and eliminate any plagiarism writing intentions, it is highly recommended not to use the essays in class. Job satisfaction amongst employees at a public health institution in the western cape nezaam luddy mini thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of magister commercii in the department of industrial psychology, faculty of economic and management science, university of the western cape.
Theories of job satisfaction explained with example. When an employee is satisfied with his assigned task and can discharge his responsibility satisfactorily, it is called job satisfaction. The relationship between the level of motivation and the. Job satisfaction and turnover intentions are important vocational outcomes because of the variables connections to constructs of importance to employees and employers. The difference between individual needs and their results will negatively impact the job satisfaction of the employee nash 1975. Job satisfaction, job performance, and effort 9 effect of effort on job satisfaction. The case of north cyprus sanaz hoshi submitted to the institute of graduate studies and research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of. Abdul ghafoor awan, dean, faculty of management and social sciences, institute of southern punjabpakistan. Job satisfaction can be described as the feeling of contentment a staff while heshe is at work in.
Job satisfaction and motivation amongst secondary school. Supervisor support plays a substantial role in increasing employee job satisfaction. A study of michigan high school principals david a. Generally, it is accepted that job satisfaction and employee turnover intention are inversely related. Newman the link between job satisfaction and job performance is one of the most studied relationships in industrialorganizational psychology. The study of green grass is popular among agrostologists. Specifically, the study sought to answer the following questions.
An evaluation of the determinants of job satisfaction in. The established, inverse relationship between job satisfaction and employee turnover intention is very important to research in organizational behavior. A quantitative study of correlates of job satisfaction among officers of nigeria police. The work itselfresponsibility, interest, and growth. A study of employee satisfaction and its effects toward loyalty in hotel industry by chan soo yin chan yee fen khoo yun meng loh poh yin wong wein jack a research project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of bachelor of business administration hons universiti tunku abdul rahman faculty of business and finance.
The correlation between job satisfaction and turnover. I, hamed alsemeri, declare that the dba thesis entitled the factors affecting job satisfaction. November 05, 2015 relationship between nurses job satisfaction and quality of healthcare they deliver samuel aron this thesis has been examined and approved by. This thesis uses three case studies to understand determinants of motivation and job satisfaction among primary health workers in rural parts of nigeria and india. Abstract the significance of job satisfaction in any organizational setting and work environment, including law enforcement cannot be overemphasized. The study of the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance is one of the most venerable research traditions in industrialorganizational psychology. In this study, we have chosen factors that influence employee job satisfaction in food industry in kampar, perak as our research topic.