A Comparative Study of Job Satisfaction Level of Software Professionals: A Case Study of Private Sector in India

Abstract

The present study was conducted to have a relative understanding of job satisfaction level of software professionals in private software industries, namely HCL Technologies Limited Noida, IBM India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon and Wipro Limited, Greater Noida. Job satisfaction may be referred to the attitudes and feelings of the employees about their occupation. Optimistic and constructive outlooks toward one’s occupation showing job satisfaction while destructive and adverse outlooks toward the job show job dissatisfaction. Nowadays, software professionals are facing lots of challenges related to their job. Various researches indicate that job satisfaction found in software professionals has been one of the very significant factors, which is associated with the positive working behaviour toward their occupation. There has also been substantial interest in the complex association between a one’s job satisfaction along with the other sides of his or her life. Conclusions of this study revealed that the most of the software professionals were satisfied with their job at HCL Technologies Limited more in terms of various job satisfaction dimensions, namely welfare facilities, appreciation and rewards, career prospect, physical working environment, communication, fringe benefits and job security, while respondents of Wipro Limited had been satisfied more in job satisfaction dimensions, namely working hours, appreciation and rewards, physical working environment and recognition and it got second place in job satisfaction, and IBM India Pvt. Ltd. has got third place in job satisfaction level at abovementioned job satisfaction dimensions namely physical working environment and career prospects.