Relationship of Demographic Variables and Job Satisfaction among Married Women

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to study the relationship between job satisfaction and demographic variables among married women who are working in academics. The research was descriptive and survey study. In this study, women working in technical educational Institutes, from Indore were studied. for this 300 working women(N=300) were chosen as per their work in the Institutes, teaching or Non-teaching. A socio- demographic questionnaire were used for the purpose. The findings revealed that on the basis of the age and qualification , there is no relation between factors studied (work environment, job security, roles & responsibility etc.) and job satisfaction and on the basis of designation, income and experience, researcher found the relation between factors studied (work environment, job security, roles & responsibility etc.) and job satisfaction.

Keywords: working women, job satisfaction, Demographic variables.

INTRODUCTION he term job satisfaction describes a positive feeling about a job, resulting from an evaluation of its characteristics. A person with a high level of job satisfaction holds positive feeling about his or her job, while a dissatisfied person holds negative feeling. When people speak of employee attitude they usually talk about job satisfaction. Job satisfaction is in regard to one’s feelings or state-of-mind regarding the nature of their work. Job satisfaction can be influenced by a variety of factors, like quality of one’s relationship with their supervisor, the quality of the physical environment in which they work, degree of fulfillment in their work, etc. 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. Other influences on satisfaction include the management style and culture, employee involvement, empowerment and autonomous work groups. Job satisfaction is a very important attribute which is frequently measured by organizations. The most common way of measurement is the use of rating scales where employees report their reactions to their jobs.
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