JOB SATISFACTION IN

MANAGEMENT FACULTIES OF A
METROPOLITAN AND PROXIMATE
AREA
A STUDY ON PRIVATE COLLEGES

(S.Abbas, Vandana premi & Anant Jyoti)

By: Bilal Ahmad

M.Phil-Management
 JOB SATISFACTION

Introduction
Job satisfaction describes how comfortable an
individual is with his or her job. The happier
people are within their job, the more satisfied
they are said to be. Job design aims to enhance
job satisfaction and performance, methods
include job rotation, job enlargement and job
enrichment.
 (Spector, 1997)“Job
satisfaction is simply
how people feel about
their jobs and different
aspects of their jobs. It is
the extent to which
people like (satisfaction)
or dislike
(dissatisfaction) their
jobs.
In this Research paper the authors have
studied some factors & their relationship was
established with job satisfaction of the
faculties.

They conducted a survey of 32 Professional

Colleges
 The survey was conducted in NCR Delhi
 Pilot study was conducted wth sample size
of 30 which showed Organisational
Opportunity & Organizational prestige are
highly related with satisfaction.
 Sample Size of 200 faculty member
 Questionnaires

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 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK OF JOB SATISFACTION

Financial Factors

Working Conditions

Job
Supervision Satisfaction

Geographical location

Advancement Opportunities
 FINANCIAL FACTORS

 Good Salary
 Incentives
 WORKING CONDITIONS
 Conducive Work environment

 Technology

 Proper Ventilation

 Discipline
 Infrastructure
 SUPERVISION

 Strict & Casual Supervision

 Motivational Supervision
 GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
 Region

 Proximity
 ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

 Promotion
 Carrier Development
 Recognition
HOW
Faculty
TO DRIVE THE BIG WHEEL?
Faculty
develop
ment

Teaching
Teaching

Student
learning

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RANKING OF FACTORS LEADING TO RETENTION
IN PRESENT JOB
1. Advancement Opportunity 21.30%

2. Organizational Prestige 16.40%

3. Financial Factors 16.18

4. Supervision 15.67%

5. Working conditions 15.67

6. Geographic Location 14.79 %

 SUGGESTIONS BY AUTHORS
 college administrations must pay keen attention
towards advancement opportunities
 Salary structure should be reconstructed time by
time
 Timely payment of the salary should be ensured.
 SUGGESTIONS FOR EMPLOYEE
 Think positive
 Break the routine

 Improve your working skills

 Voluntarily work

 Be grateful
 Maintain work life balance.
 SUGGESTION FOR EMPLOYERS
 Improving the work environment and creating a friendly workplace
for the employees so that their stress level stays in control.
 Providing incentives and rewards to keep the employees
motivated.
 Paying the employees what they deserve as being underpaid is the
most common reason for employee dissatisfaction from job.
 Keep challenging the employees and keep setting goals for them to
achieve.
 Encourage communication between the employees and the
managers so that they know who to talk to when they have a work
related problems.