Job Satisfaction Of Respondents Research Articles

Does Emotional Intelligence Influence an Employee's Job Satisfaction? An Empirical Assessment

Since job performance is a function of job satisfaction and emotional intelligence, the current research empirically evaluates the association between emotional intelligence and job satisfaction of respondents. The research tests whether emotional intelligence significantly affect job satisfaction or not. The research is based on a quantitative, descriptive cross-sectional survey. The sample size is 140 and they were selected through the convenience sample method. Primary data was collected using a self-designed questionnaire in the Likert scale format, and were administered at the job places of the respondents. Data were analysed using the Pearson correlation and the linear regression analysis methods, and presented in Tables. The research findings of the study indicated a positive significant association between overall emotional intelligence and job satisfaction. There is also a positive significant association between three out of the four dimensions of emotional intelligence evaluated and job satisfaction. The findings indicate that respondents higher on the emotional intelligence scale are more satisfied than respondents lower on the emotional intelligence scale. The findings imply that emotional intelligence is a multidimensional construct. Management of organisations should consider implementing measures that will improve emotional intelligence to ensure job satisfaction of workers. Further study should consider the causal analysis and also introduce control variables such as gender and age to determine if the current findings will be replicated.

Assessment Of Job Satisfaction Among Doctors And Nurses Of Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe, Northeast Nigeria

Background:Job satisfaction refers to how people feel about their jobs and the different aspects of their jobs. Job satisfaction has been associated with benefits that range from giving an employee the motivation to work, improving the performance of employees, efficiency, commitment, and reduction of burnout level. Job satisfaction is an important determinant of productivity and effective service delivery in the workplace. Objective:To assess the level of job satisfaction, factors associated with it and the difference in job satisfaction between doctors and nurses in Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, Nigeria Methodology: A cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among doctors and nurses of the federal teaching hospital Gombe. A Cluster sampling technique was implored to select the study participants. Data was collected using a semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire. The questionnaire was divided into two sections; socio-demographic data and evaluation of job satisfaction which has five domains (general satisfaction, opportunity to develop and responsibility, patient care, time pressure, and staff relation). Results were presented in the form of tables, and charts and described using mean and standard deviation. The analysis was carried out using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) program. The level of job satisfaction was measured on a five-point Likert scale. The association between the independent variable with overall job satisfaction was then determined using the chi-square test, taking p-value <0.05 to be statistically significant. Results: The mean age, length of service, and working hours were found to be 35.6±8.7 years, 8.2±5.9 years, and 8.5±1.9 hours respectively. Only 37.1% of the respondents were nurses, and 62.9% of the respondents were doctors. The study showed that the overall job satisfaction of respondents was 90.0%, of which 82.7% of respondents were satisfied with the general aspect of their job. The study also found that job satisfaction amongst nurses and doctors was associated with younger age and shorter working hours per day with p values of <0.001 and 0.002 respectively. Conclusion: Job satisfaction among the doctors and nurses in this study is high. The younger staff and those working shorter hours daily are more satisfied with their jobs. We recommend that the daily working hours should also be reviewed and those working longer hours be compensated for the additional hours done daily

Job Satisfaction of Library Professionals of University of Calicut: An Analytical Study

Job and job satisfaction are the twin co-related components of human resource management. It is encompasses the physiological psychological and ecological factors and determines the level of job satisfaction of the employees in any organization. [1] The purpose of this study is to measure the job satisfaction among library professionals in C.H Mohammad Koya Library: University of Calicut. Job satisfaction is an individual feeling which could cause by a variety of factors. The six components of job satisfaction were measures derived through literature: physical environment & ICT infrastructure, organizational culture, personal growth and development, salary, promotion and nature of work.5-point scale were used to examine the job satisfaction of respondents. Questionnaire method was used for data collection and results are tabulated. Outcome of the study has been discussed that although library professionals working in this university library were slightly satisfied with their nature of work, while the salary, promotion, and denied access to benefits were identified as major constraints to job satisfaction. Based on the results, the study recommended that review the conditions attached to promotion, salary, among others as measures for enhancing job satisfaction. It is also suggested that the encourage and motivate the library professionals more incentives and good salary packages are to be offered so that their achievement drive can be activated that in turn lead to high level of job satisfaction.

JOB SATISFACTION AMONG EMPLOYEES OF SUN PHARMA- WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO UNIT II, SIKKIM

India’s pharmaceutical market accounts for about 1.4 percent of the global pharmaceutical industry in value terms and 10 percent in volume terms. Sun Pharma is a leading and India’s top pharmaceutical company. The following study tries to study the job satisfaction of employees of Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd with reference to Sikkim state and to identify the factors which influence the job satisfaction of employees. The study relies on primary data collected from employees of Sun Pharma, Sikkim with the help of well-designed questionnaire. Total sample size is of 120 respondents using convenience sampling method. The first part of the questionnaire consists of questions related to personal information on age, gender, qualification, marital status, duration of work and department. The second part of questionnaire consists of thirty-six statements which are evenly distributed in points and Five Point Likert Scale has been applied for the same. After collection of primary data, it has been entered in SPSS 18.0 for statistical analyses. The study has used simple percentage and averages for the simple probing into the topic. Factor analysis has been used to determine the 14 variables. Various test like Independent T-test, One-way ANOVA were used to test the job satisfaction of respondents and to meet the objective of the study. The study revealed that there is not much difference among the job satisfaction of employees in Sun Pharma.

Job Satisfaction of Employees in Commercial Banks

This paper analyzes the level of job satisfaction among employees of commercial banks along with the consideration of gender, age and experience differences. Four commercial banks were selected using purposive sampling method for the study. Further, a total of 260 respondents were selected randomly from the four banks’ head offices and branch offices located in Kathmandu Metropolis. The modified Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) was used to gather data about the job satisfaction of respondents. The results indicate that almost 66% of employees are satisfied or highly satisfied with their jobs. Job security’is the most significant factor of job satisfaction to the employees of commercial banks in Nepal. Level of job satisfaction does not differ significantly between male and female employees. However, there are significant differences in level of job satisfaction among various age groups of employees.Journal of Nepalese Business Studies Vol. 9, No. 1, 2015 pp. 63-76

Workplace Disability: Whose Wellbeing Does it Affect?

The paper examines the link between workplace disability (WD) and job satisfaction (JS) in Britain using linked data from WESR2011. The results obtained indicate workplaces with respondents with disabilities report lower JS vis-a-vis workplaces without such respondents in the private sector. Within private sector workplaces with mixed respondents, the JS of respondents without disabilities declines with the percentage of respondents with disabilities. Also, workplace disability policies and practices are positively (negatively) associated with the JS of respondents with (without) disabilities in the sector. The sector may have to re-examine its dealings with issues of workplace disability.

Job satisfaction among community health workers in Zahedan District, Islamic Republic of Iran

We conducted a cross-sectional survey among 74 community health workers in rural health houses to investigate overall job satisfaction and satisfaction with 8 aspects of the job (work itself, co-workers, management, workload, promotion, organizational structure, working conditions, and payment and benefits). Data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire based on the Job Descriptive Index and the Employee Satisfaction Inventory. Overall job satisfaction of respondents was moderate. They were satisfied with the work itself and co-workers, but very dissatisfied with all other aspects, especially payments and benefits. Providing opportunities for promotion and improving payments and work conditions would increase overall job satisfaction and promote quality of care.