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Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction of Academics at Tertiary Level Educational Institution

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Kajendra, K.
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	Job satisfaction describes how content an individual is with his or her job. The happier people are within their job, the more satisfied they are said to be. Job satisfaction is not the same as motivation, although it is clearly linked. Job design aims to enhance job satisfaction and performance methods include job rotation, job enlargement and job enrichment. A successful business organization normally considers the average employees as the primary source of productivity gains. For such organization, satisfied employees are the assets. There are a variety of factors that can influence a person’s level of job satisfaction. The research sample has 30 respondents. Each of the participants responded to questionnaires which included questions about demographics, extrinsic factors, intrinsic factors, performance factors and job satisfaction. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) Graduated pack 17.0. Pearson’s Product-Moment Correlation was used to determine the correlation between the job satisfaction factors, extrinsic factors, intrinsic factors and performance factors. The outcome of the study supports that extrinsic factors, intrinsic factors and performance factors has greater influence on job satisfaction of the academics in tertiary level educational institutions. The results indicate those employees are dissatisfied with Payments, Promotions, Supervision, Training, Respect and Responsibility and Meaningful Work. IndexTerms—Job Satisfaction, Extrinsic Factors, Intrinsic Factors
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Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.scirj.org/papers-0916/scirj-P0916356.pdf
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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