Understanding the Employees’ Level of Job Satisfaction Among the Executive – A Study of an Oil Company, Assam
Keywords:
Job Satisfaction, employees, workers, business, organisation, satisfactionAbstract
Job satisfaction is one of the major challenges that managers faced regarding managing employees within the organisation. Preceding studies have shown the remarkably large impact on organisational performance by the level of job satisfaction, especially on the worker's motivation. Since the level of job satisfaction has an impact on productivity, it affects the performance of business organizations. Therefore, the objective of this study is to understand the level of job satisfaction among the executive employees of an Oil Company and the respondents were limited to 125 No’s of employees working in an executive level of a selected Oil Company only and the data was collected through a survey method in random sampling technique.
To understand the level of Job satisfaction descriptive analysis has been used by using the percentage method based on the 5-point Likert scale and the results were obtained accordingly which shows that the level of Job satisfaction is high among the executive employees. This article aims to provide an intermediary between employers and employees to find common ground for the level of satisfaction to ensure a harmonious work environment.
References
Ahsan, N., Abdullah, Z., Gun Fie, D.Y. and Alam, S.S. (2009). A study of job stress on job satisfaction among university staff in Malaysia: Empirical study, European Journal of Social Sciences, 8(1), 121-131.
Ahsan, N., Abdullah, Z., Gun Fie, D.Y. and Alam, S.S., (2009). A study of job stress on job satisfaction among university staff in Malaysia: Empirical study, European Journal of Social Sciences,8(1), 121-131.
Bakotić, D. and Babić, T., (2013). Relationship between Working Conditions and Job Satisfaction: The Case of Croatian Shipbuilding Company’ International Journal of Business and Social Science, 4(2), 206-213.
Chatterjee, S. & Priya, S.,(2016). Employee Satisfaction Level – A Study on Multispecialty Hospital, International Journal of Emerging Trends in Science and Technology, 3(1), 4910-4918.
Dawal, S.Z., Taha, Z. and Ismail, Z.,(2009). Effect of job organization on job satisfaction among shop floor employees in automotive industries in Malaysia, International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 39,(1), 1-6.
Mobley, W.H., (1977). Intermediate linkages in the relationship between job satisfaction and employee turnover, Journal of Applied Psychology, 62 (2), 237-240.
Msuya, O.W., (2016). Exploring levels of job satisfaction among teachers in public secondary schools in Tanzania, International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 8(2), 9-16.
Noor, S., & Arif, S.,(2011). Achieving job satisfaction via workplace spirituality: Pakistani doctors in focus, European Journal of Social Sciences, 19, 507–515.
Olorunsola, E. O. (2010). Job Satisfaction and Gender Factor of Administrative Staff in South West Nigeria Universities, Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 3(10), 51- 56.
Singh, J.K., & Jain, M., (2013). A Study Of Employees’ Job Satisfaction And Its Impact On Their Performance, Journal of Indian Research, 1(4), 105- 111.
Sinha, E., (2013). A research work on Employee Satisfaction measurement with special reference to KRIBHCO, Surat’, International Journal of Modern Engineering Research, 3(1), 523-529.
Swarnalatha, C. and Sureshkrishna, G., (2012). Job Satisfaction among Employees of Automotive Industries in India, International Journal of Future Computer and Communication, 1(3), 245-248.
Tait, M., Padgett, M. Y., & Baldwin, T. T., (1989). Job and life satisfaction: a re-examination of the strength of the relationship and gender effects as a function of the date of the study, Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 502–507.
Wright, T. A., & Cropanzano, R., (2005). Psychological well-being and job satisfaction as predictors of job performance, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 5, 84–94.
