Project

Submitted by:

Syedah Tehrim Mazhar,

Submitted to:

Ma’am Tayyaba

Msc psychology (afternoon)

3rd semester

NUML

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 Relationship Between Self Esteem and Job Satisfaction

INTRODUCTION

JOB SATISFACTION - MEANING AND DEFINITION Job satisfaction refers to a person’s

feeling of satisfaction on the job which act as a motivation to work. It is not the self-satisfaction,
happiness, or self-contentment but the satisfaction on the job. Satisfaction does mean the simple
feeling state accompanying the attainment by an impulse of its objective. Research workers
differently described the factors contributing the job satisfaction and the job dissatisfaction. “Job
satisfaction is a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal or one’s job
or job experience” - E.A. Locke “Job satisfaction is the amount of pleasure or contentment
associated with a job. If you like job intensely, you will experience high job satisfaction. If you
dislike your job intensely, you will experience job-dissatisfaction” – Andrew .J. Du Brins “Job
satisfaction will be defined as the amount of overall positive effect or feelings that
individuals have towards their jobs” - Fieldman and Arnold

“Job satisfaction is the set of favorable or unfavorable feelings with which employees view
their work” - Keith Davis and Newstrom Job satisfaction is a result of employees’ perception
of how well their job provides those things that are viewed as important. It is generally
recognized in the organizational behavior field that job satisfaction is the most important and
frequently studied attitude.

DEFINITION OF SELF–ESTEEM Rosenberg (1965), one of the pioneers in this domain,

stated that self-esteem refers to an individual overall positive evaluation to the self. He added,
that high self-esteem consists of an individual respecting himself and considering himself
worthy. In a similar vein, Sedikides and Gress (2003) stated that self-esteem refers to
individual’s perception or subjective appraisal of one’s own self-worth, one’s feelings of self-
respect and self-confidence and the extent to which the individual holds positive or negative
views about self.

. Self-esteem is also defined as a global barometer of self-evaluation involving cognitive

appraisals about general self-worth and affective experiences of the self that are linked to
these global appraisals (Murphy, Stosny and Morrel, 2005). By the same token, Wang and
Ollendick (2001) stated that self-esteem involves an evaluation of oneself followed by an

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emotional reaction towards oneself. The evaluative and affective elements are present in all
extant definitions and theories of self-esteem. Brown, Dutton, and Cook (2001) distinguished
three ways in which the term “self-esteem” is used: (a) global or trait self-esteem to refer to
the way people characteristically feel about themselves, i.e., feelings of affection for oneself;
(b) self-evaluation to refer to the way people evaluate their various abilities and attributes,
and (c) feelings of self-esteem to refer to momentary emotional states, e.g., a person might
say her self-esteem was sky-high after getting a big promotion, or a person might say his self-
esteem plummeted after a divorce. Perhaps the simplest definition of self-esteem is found in
Webster’s dictionary, which says that “self-esteem is satisfaction with oneself”. In another
edition of the same dictionary, self-esteem means “one’s good opinion of one’s dignity or
worth”. Hewitt (2002) sought to transform our view of self-esteem from a universal
psychological trait and motivating force to a socially constructed emotion grounded in
mood. This point of view was based on Smith – Lovin’s (1995) definition of self-esteem as a
reflexive emotion that has developed over time in social processes of invention, that individuals
learn to experience and to talk about, that arises in predictable social circumstances, and that is
subject to social control. For the purpose of the present chapter, self-esteem could be defined as
the self-evaluation and descriptive conceptualization that individuals make and maintain
with regard to themselves.

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METHOD

Objectives:

1. to find relationship between job satisfaction and self esteem

2. to find the level of job satisfaction among males and females
3. to find the level of self-esteem among males and females

Hypothesis:

1. there is positive relationship between job satisfaction and self-esteem

2. females have higher level of job satisfaction
3. males have higher level of self-esteem

Sample:

A total sample of 25 employees (12 males,13 females) was selected through purposive sample
technique. In the sample there were 12 males and 13 females. The sample included males and
females who are doing jobs at different institutions in Islamabad.

Instrumentation:

Satisfaction of employees by Elizebeth H Bradely (2013) and self-esteem scale by Rosenberg

(1965). Self esteem item 3,5,8,9, and 10 are reverse scored.

Procedure:

To find job satisfaction and self-esteem between males and females for job satisfaction
questionnaire SJ was used to assess job satisfaction in males and females’ employees. And SE
scale for self-esteem. Informed consent was taken from the subject. the subject was asked to fill
the questionnaire honestly without any bias. the participants were registered to read and response
to each statement as it applied to them as there were no right and wrong answer for the
statement. The participants responded by marking 1 2 3 4 or 5 in jobsatisfaction scale and 1 2 3
and 4 in self esteem scale for explaining her/himself questionnaire were collected and results
were computed according to given scoring.
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Analysis:

IBM. SPSS. STATISTICS version 21

Results

Table1

Candidate No.of Cronbachs mean S.d

s items alpha
Job satisfaction male 11 19 .893 60.3636 11.80909
female 14 55.4286 9.27125
Self-esteem male 11 10 .834 24.9091 2.50817
female 14 20.7857 3.51215
Table 1.Level of job satisfaction in males are higher than in females by looking at mean value
that is 60.36 that proves 2nd hypothesis. Level of Self-Esteem in males are higher than in females
by looking at mean values i.e. 24.9 that is evidence that 3rd hypothesis is correct

Table 2.

SELF ESTEEM
JOB SATISFACTION 0.05
Table 2. There is positive correlation between both variables that proves 1st hypothesis

T test

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 ANOVA

Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.

Between Groups 304.767 3 101.589 .905 .455

jobsatisfaction Within Groups 2357.233 21 112.249

Total 2662.000 24
Between Groups 26.850 3 8.950 .624 .607

selfesteem Within Groups 301.150 21 14.340

Total 328.000 24
Regression

Variables Entered/Removeda

Model Variables Variables Method

Entered Removed
b
1 selfesteem . Enter

a. Dependent Variable: jobsatisfaction

b. All requested variables entered.

Model Summary

Model R R Square Adjusted R Std. Error of the

Square Estimate
a
1 .005 .000 -.043 10.75806

a. Predictors: (Constant), selfesteem

ANOVAa

Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.

Regression .076 1 .076 .001 .980b

1 Residual 2661.924 23 115.736

Total 2662.000 24

a. Dependent Variable: jobsatisfaction

b. Predictors: (Constant), selfesteem

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 Coefficientsa

Model Unstandardized Coefficients Standardized t Sig.

Coefficients

B Std. Error Beta

(Constant) 57.255 13.596 4.211 .000

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selfesteem .015 .594 .005 .026 .980

a. Dependent Variable: jobsatisfaction

Annexures

Job satisfaction reliability

Case Processing Summary

N %

Valid 25 100.0
a
Cases Excluded 0 .0

Total 25 100.0

a. Listwise deletion based on all variables in the

procedure.

Reliability Statistics

Cronbach's N of Items
Alpha

.893 19

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Self esteem reliability:

Case Processing Summary

N %

Valid 25 100.0
a
Cases Excluded 0 .0

Total 25 100.0

a. Listwise deletion based on all variables in the

procedure.

Reliability Statistics

Cronbach's N of Items
Alpha

.834 10

Correlations:

Correlations

jobsatisfaction selfesteem

Pearson Correlation 1 .005

jobsatisfaction Sig. (2-tailed) .980

N 25 25
Pearson Correlation .005 1

selfesteem Sig. (2-tailed) .980

N 25 25

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T-Test

Group Statistics

Gender N Mean Std. Deviation Std. Error Mean

male 11 3.56057
jobsatisfaction
female 14 2.47785
male 11 .75624
selfesteem
female 14 .93866

Anova

ANOVA

Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.

Between Groups 304.767 3 101.589 .905 .455

jobsatisfaction Within Groups 2357.233 21 112.249

Total 2662.000 24
Between Groups 26.850 3 8.950 .624 .607

selfesteem Within Groups 301.150 21 14.340

Total 328.000 24

Regression

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 Variables Entered/Removeda

Model Variables Variables Method

Entered Removed

1 selfesteemb . Enter

a. Dependent Variable: jobsatisfaction

b. All requested variables entered.

Model Summary

Model R R Square Adjusted R Std. Error of the

Square Estimate

1 .005a .000 -.043 10.75806

a. Predictors: (Constant), selfesteem

ANOVAa

Model Sum of Squares df Mean Square F Sig.

Regression .076 1 .076 .001 .980b

1 Residual 2661.924 23 115.736

Total 2662.000 24

a. Dependent Variable: jobsatisfaction

b. Predictors: (Constant), selfesteem

Coefficientsa

Model Unstandardized Coefficients Standardized t Sig.

Coefficients

B Std. Error Beta

(Constant) 57.255 13.596 4.211 .000

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selfesteem .015 .594 .005 .026 .980

a. Dependent Variable: jobsatisfaction

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