Empirical study relations job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intention veronica tarigan1 and dorothea wahyu ariani2 abstract this study aims to examine the relationship model of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intention. In the recent literature on job satisfaction, there is abundant evidence that this variable. As such, employees with performance orientation tend to performance appraisal. To evaluate overall satisfaction accurately, the impact of the different levels of performance should be considered matzler et al. Reference 37 conducted a study in oman to test job satisfaction among school teachers of oman, and in the school, turnover problems were checked. A performance goal reflects the desire to demonstrate superior competence to others. The relationship between job satisfaction, job performance. The literature includes empirical studies, mostly quantitative, and discussions of erg as a means for promoting a cause. An empirical study of container shipping companies in taiwan kelvin pang department of logistics and maritime studies, the hong kong polytechnic university, kowloon, hong kong. Pdf this research is done to study the relation between motivation and job satisfaction and to study the impact of motivation on the. This study assessed satisfaction of interns by looking at three broad factors i. There are few studies have identified the relations among job satisfaction, payments, management policies, working.
Job satisfaction, stress and coping strategies in the. Unfortunately, industrial and organisational psychologists have not found strong empirical evidence to support a satisfactionproductivity relationship. Conceptual framework based on the literature and empirical studies about the relationship between motivational factors and job satisfaction we built the following hypotheses. Patil university,navi mumbai, department of business management in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree of. An empirical study of selected organisations in corporate sector dissertation submitted to the padmashree dr d. When an employee is satisfied with his assigned task and can. This study is done to observe the impact of job satisfaction and employee loyalty in unilog content solution pvt. Employee retention strategies an empirical research.
The concept of job satisfaction is multifaceted hence a number of theories are advanced to explain what it means and how the theories could be applied to enhance employee performance. Pdf impact of job satisfaction on employee performance. I, hamed alsemeri, declare that the dba thesis entitled the factors affecting job satisfaction. Objectives of the study the objectives of the present study is, to study about the various theories of job satisfaction 3. Job satisfaction is a workers sense of achievement and sucess on the job. Pdf an empirical study on job satisfaction and employee. The relationship among perceived organizational support.
Job satisfaction refers to the employees pleasurable or. The other factors such as fair promotion system, job autonomy, leadership behavior, social relations are also the dominant in determining the level of job satisfaction. T p renuka murthy 1 associate professor, 2assistant professor, 3 assistant professor, 4professor, 5professor dept of mba, gsssietw, mysuru, india. Job satisfaction can be defined as psychological state of how an individual feels towards work, in. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors which determine the level of public employees job satisfaction and as result help to have effective and efficient management system in the public sector, in developing countries such as turkey. This chapter presents the context of the study, which concerns job satisfaction in the saudi public sector. Organizations measure job satisfaction as an indication of work behavior such as absenteeism, labor turnover, and productivity. The present study is an empirical attempt to fill the research gap and also to study the job satisfaction among the library professionals working in engineering colleges of tamilnadu. An empirical analysis of the effects of humor on communication satisfaction and job performance in international joint ventures in iran volume 24 issue 2 mohammad jalalkamali, mohammad iranmanesh, davoud nikbin, sunghyup sean hyun. For this purpose, an empirical study was conducted in a british company. Methodology and research design the conceptual framework of this study is presented in figure 1. Wellestablished psychological scales measuring perceived.
An empirical study of autonomous medical institutions of pakistan article pdf available may 2014 with 18,369 reads how we measure reads. 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. Problems arise when the goals set are too low leading to feelings. Employee job satisfaction in software and ites units in. The relationship between job satisfaction and job performance has been the concern of many studies. Ahmed azumah, ayisha and mohammed, safura and tetteh, rebecca sunyani technical university 20 may 2017 online at mpra paper no. Using standard ordinary least square ols method the findings of the study show that employees are satisfied with overall job satisfaction, and. Four motivation dimensions were identified based on an exploratory factor analysis, including remuneration, job achievement, job security and job environment. An empirical study of autonomous medical institutions of pakistan alamdar hussain khan, muhammad aleem impact of job satisfaction on employee turnover. This study investigated the relationship between job satisfaction, job. Common causes in this study include personality trait conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and core selfevaluations, along with cognitive ability and job complexity. Job satisfaction reflects how the substance of the employee with work and react to their work experience or react to the work, and how people assess positively to their work nagar, 2012. The study is aimed to know 1 what is the mean level of job satisfaction in bangladesh, and 2 whether, in bangladesh, level of job satisfaction differs on the basis of difference in gender and marital status of the employees. Job satisfaction therefore is a measurement of job and work expectations and not just an overall holistic attitudinal manifestation.
Sep 15, 2016 few studies have investigated csi models that contain different levels of performance satisfaction, especially in relation to satisfaction levels of a tourism factory. Evidence from banking sector of pakistan proceedings of iser 6th international conference, sydney, australia, 12th september 2015, isbn. An empirical study epiphany odubuker picho muni university abstract the purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between employee training and development and job satisfaction in uganda management institute uganda. Since internships are becoming more widely used as learning tools for students to help fill the gap between classroom learning and the practice of business, it is important to understand what aspects of these experiences make them the most worthwhile. Relationship between employee motivation, satisfaction and organizational commitment s. In the present study, job satisfaction is conceptualised as, a positive attitude or a pleasurable emotional state which results from specific work related experiences. Researchers have confirmed the strong relation between employees wages, motivation and job satisfaction. The impact of work autonomy on job satisfaction of. Mohammed, safura and ahmed azumah, ayisha and tetteh, rebecca sunyani technical university 15 june 2017 online at mpra paper no. To collect the necessary data was used research method on original the scope of research model.
International journal of digital library services v ijodls geetanjali research publication 25. Empirical study of employee job satisfaction iosr journal. Ravindran abstract in recent years, bangalore, ecstatically referred to as a silicon valley of india, has rapidly developed into a dynamic information technology it hub housing. There is substantial support for the relationship between job satisfaction and ocb. Review of empirical studies job satisfaction as an important job attitude has been researched with different findings. In this case, the need for ensuring employee job satisfaction becomes a. Empirical study of employee job satisfaction iosr term paper.
Impact of job stress on job satisfaction among air traffic controllers of civil aviation authority. However, the researchers did not find any studies on worklife balance in oman that focused specifically on the higher education sector. Newman the link between job satisfaction and job performance is one of the most studied relationships in industrialorganizational psychology. There are different definitions of the term job satisfaction as it has been embraced in many studies since 1990s handsome, 2009. Nandy 1985 analysed several job satisfaction studies in the library field, highlighted some. Contribution of the study the following are the contributions that this research study provides. Heneman 1985 concluded, the consistency of the pay levelpay satisfaction. Job satisfaction is again related to the effectiveness of the work that an individual is performing. Testing the impact of the human resource management. An empirical study on job satisfaction and employee loyalty. Job satisfaction theories help to identify what factors are influencing job satisfaction and what can be done to get higher employee job satisfaction. The influence factors of job satisfaction and its relationship with. Aparna j varma,2 kotresh patil, 3 ravishankar s ulle 4dr.
Background of the study job satisfaction is an elusive and complex concept that has been a subject of intense research since the appearance of organizational studies duong, 20. Job satisfaction among public sector employees within south africa, specifically the health environment is becoming an area of major concern as highlighted by recent research studies and media reports. Pdf empirical analysis of job satisfaction in relation to motivation. The study suggests that working condition, organizational policy and strategies, promotion, job stress and compensation package are key factors of job satisfaction. An empirical study of the role of demographics in job. Mar 19, 2018 organizational motivation, employee job satisfaction and organizational performance. His empirical study of 301 man ufacturing employees showed that ingratiation behavior has a negative impact on. The study analyzed the effects of various strategies adopted by the management for employee empowerment. Job satisfaction hoppock 1935 stated that job satisfaction is any combination of psychological, physiological and. An empirical study of organizational justice as a mediator of the relationships among leadermember exchange and job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intentions in the lodging industry by hyungryong lee dissertation submitted to the faculty of the virginia polytechnic institute and state university. A number of studies have been carried out by scholars on job satisfaction and organisational commitment but a few of them have been incorporated in present study to supplement theoretical background. Whether gender affects job satisfaction or not, is one of the talked about issues in recent organizational behavior literature goh et al. Alamdar hussain khan, muhammad aleem impact of job satisfaction on employee turnover. An empirical study of sri lankan organizations article pdf available january 2009 with 8,521 reads how we measure reads.
An empirical study of job satisfaction of university staff munich. An empirical research on customer satisfaction study. This research paper is based on theoretical considerations, a model was proposed linking the employee job satisfaction ejs constructs. It is an internal state based on assessing the job and jobrelated experiences with some degree of favor or disfavor 29. The study relates how the impact of incentives, rewards and recognition programs drives employee motivation. Lund 2003 made an empirical study of the impact of organizational culture types on job satisfaction in a survey of employed and contracted physicians in the american firms and found that managing organizational culture is. The relationship between employees income level and employee.
Theories of job satisfaction explained with example. David jawahar, bharathidasan institute of management, tiruchirapalli, india abstract job satisfaction at work has an influence on the level of organizational citizenship behavior and in turn on work performance. Pdf empirical study of employee job satisfaction semantic scholar. The study investigated the generalizability of perceived organizational support and job satisfaction as positive correlations of employee performance in china. Job satisfaction is closely linked to that individuals behaviour in the work place davis et al. Empirical study of public sector employee loyalty and. Job satisfaction implies doing a job one enjoys, doing it well and being rewarded for ones efforts. Several studies focus on the demographic factors while others link the job satisfaction with reference to working environment. In a study conducted, matched cases of employees and their 34 immediate supervisors from two largescale stateowned enterprises soe were selected as participants. Employee job satisfaction in software and ites units in bangalore an empirical study jyothi b. Impact of organizational culture on job satisfaction among.
Data from the private commercial banks of bangladesh was collected through questionnaires. The purpose of this research is to elaborate the key factors which are useful for the satisfaction of the employees. This study know that the satisfaction of employee job purpose to examine the impact of justice of actions, training and development, workplace environment, reward recognition and team work, on employee job. It is generally perceived to be directly linked to productitivty as well as to personal wellbeing. Impact of job satisfaction on employee performance. What the jdi measures is the perception of an individual about the facets of job satisfaction.
An empirical study of job satisfaction of university sta. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of motivation on job satisfaction and organizational performance in the context of container shipping companies in taiwan. But its expression in the human mind is understandable. Review of empirical studies emotional intelligence, job satisfaction and organizational commitment have.
An empirical study of autonomous medical institutions of pakistan, journal of international studies, vol. In addition, five job satisfaction dimensions were. Iosr journal of business and management iosrjbm eissn. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between employees income level and employees job satisfaction. In another study, horenstein 1993 reported on a study that examined the job satisfaction of academic librarians as it related to faculty status. Munich personal repec archive an empirical study of the role of demographics in job satisfaction of sunyani technical university sta. I hereby declare that job satisfaction amongst employees at a public health. Impact of reward and recognition on job satisfaction and.
The finding indicated that librarians with academic rank were more satisfied than nonfaculty groups. New dimensions in business and management research 32 page department of management sciences, the islamia university of bahawalpur, pakistan. 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. An empirical study from pakistan m iqbal, ma waseem international journal of human resource studies. Another latest research study conducts to find the impact of compensation on job performance and subsequently present a model that illustrates a relationship between them. Nov 30, 2017 since internships are becoming more widely used as learning tools for students to help fill the gap between classroom learning and the practice of business, it is important to understand what aspects of these experiences make them the most worthwhile. However, the results of many studies concerning the relationship between job satisfaction and gender are incoherent. Effects of motivational factors on job satisfaction.
Until the last decade, saudis sought employment with the public sector, preferring its beneficial conditions to the long hours and lower salaries of the private sector. The study is aimed to know 1 what is the mean level of job satisfaction in bangladesh, and 2 whether, in bangladesh, level of job satisfaction differs on the basis of difference in. The study shows that there is a significant positive relationship among job. Emotional intelligence and job satisfaction among lecturers.
Beyond the empirical results and theoretical support, a. Job satisfaction refers to an employees overall sense of wellbeing at work. The empirical study on human resource management practices. The results of the empirical study show that there is a significant relationship between employees income level and employees job.
The effects of job insecurity on job satisfaction, organizational. The relationship between employee training and development and job satisfaction in uganda management institute. Job satisfaction and quitting intention and negative word of mouth job satisfaction is defined as an individuals reaction to the job experience berry, 1997. A number of schoolbased factors have also been shown to be related to teacher job satisfaction. An empirical study of the factors affecting job satisfaction. 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. Empirical tests of such pe fit dimensions have been developed in previous studies but few of them actually test them simultaneously. The study explains that employee empowerment is a kind of motivational strategy which gives the employees a sense of satisfaction towards their job and organization. First, we provide empirical evidence showing how job insecurity affects. The optimistic attitude of an employee s experience based on their desired result is acknowledged as job satisfaction. An empirical study on job satisfaction and employee loyalty a study at unilog content solutions pvt ltd, mysuru 1 dr.
Work satisfaction theories, such as maslows 1943 hierarchy of needs. Perceived organizational support, job satisfaction and. The job satisfaction lifesatisfaction relationship. Gender, marital status and job satisfaction an empirical study. Empirical study samanvitha swaminathan, bharathidasan institute of management, tiruchirapalli, india p. Exploring working conditions as determinants of job satisfaction upv. The elements of job satisfaction are related to pay, promotion, benefits, work nature, supervision, and relationship with colleagues mosadeghard, 2003. Higher job satisfaction has been linked with employees who are able to exercise autonomy sekharan, 1989 and with those who have a higher level of job involvement. Organizational motivation, employee job satisfaction and. An empirical case study on employee motivation free sample.
Several work motivation theories have corroborated the implied role of job satisfaction. Help organizations understand the importance of having the right people in the right position. This research is an effort to elaborate various factors of job satisfaction and to understand the association between job satisfaction and performance of teachers in management institutions in bengaluru. Athanassopoulos, antreas, spiros gounaris, and vlassis stathakopoulos. Empirical study relations job satisfaction, organizational. Empirical study of employee job satisfaction muhammad rizwan 1, waqas mehmood khan corresponding author2. While some factors of job satisfaction relate to the job itself others. Rewards play a vital role in determining the significant performance in job and it is positively associated with the process of motivation. An empirical study focusing on higher education teachers in oman. An empirical study of organizational justice as a mediator.
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