Abstract
Background: Job dissatisfaction and burn out are not an uncommonoccurrences among hospital workers. The two phenomena may be relatedto each other and to demographic variables. Aim: The present investigation was planned to determine the influence of job burnout, sex, age and marital status on job satisfaction among medical personnel.Method: The sample consisted of 120 employees working in hospitals ofEritrea, Asmara, North East Africa, selected randomly. Job satisfactionscale developed by Singh (1987) and Maslach and Jackson (1981) jobburnout inventory were administered to collect the data .The data wereanalyzed using means, standard deviations and students’ ‘t’ test. Result: The results revealed that (i) low job burnout employees showed greater degree of job satisfaction than high job burnout employees (ii) female medical personnel showed significantly greater degree of job satisfaction than male counterparts (iii) younger group of employees showed significantly higher level of job satisfaction than older employees and, (iv) married employees found significantly more job satisfaction than their unmarried counterparts. Conclusion: The study suggested that the improvement in opportunities to grow, salary and working conditionswould help increase the level of job satisfaction of medical personnel.Key Words: Job Satisfaction; Job Burnout; Satisfier; Dissatisfiers, Eritrea
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