THE MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AND JOB SATISFACTION: A STUDY ON SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR BANK EMPLOYEES IN KADAPA DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH

Abstract

Job satisfaction is closely related to the gratification of needs. It is composed of effective cognitive and behavioral elements. These elements vary in their intensity and consistency from one individual to another. Thus, job satisfaction is the satisfaction derived from any pursuit directed by the process of fulfillment of needs.
In this study an investigation is made to study the motivational factors and job satisfaction of selected bank employees. This study is based on Harold Koontz Need-Want-Satisfaction Model and Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory. These researches investigate motivational factors that affect the job satisfaction and weighting of motivational factors which are consider important at work? The collected data are tabulated, coded and analyzed with the help of SPSS (17 version).The principal statistical tools used for data analysis consist of both descriptive and inferential statistics among Mean, Standard Deviation ,T-Test were used. The investigation results reveals that there is a significance means differences exist among public and private sector bank employees with regard to various motivational factors.