JOB SATISFACTION AND ITS RELATED FACTORS AMONG HARAR HEALTH SCIENCE COLLEGE EMPLOYEES, EASTERN ETHIOPIA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL, DESCRIPTIVE, QUANTITATIVE SURVEY
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH - Year 2018, Vol 2, Issue 5
Abstract
Background - Job satisfaction is a worker’s sense of achievement and success on the job. It is generally perceived to be directly linked to productivity as well as to personal well-being. Job satisfaction is a key determinant for organizations effectiveness and sustainability. Objective - To assess job satisfaction and related factors among Harar health science college staffs, Eastern Ethiopia, 2018. Methods - A cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative survey with a self- administered questionnaire was employed. All the available academic and administrative staffs of the college during the study period were included. Ethical clearance was obtained from Harar Health Science college ethical review committee for possible ethical issues. A sets of items/questions with 5 level likert scale was used to assess employee satisfaction. Before data collection the respondents were informed on the purposes and confidentiality of the information collected from them. Data entry, data cleaning, coding and analysis was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 21 for windows). Data was presented in frequency, percentages, tables and graphs. Result - More than half of the respondents 60(63.8%) were satisfied with their job. With regard to each domains, nearly half 46 (48.9 %) of the participants reported that they were satisfied with their job gave the opportunity to learn for further studies. Sixty two (65.9 %) were satisfied to their job gave the chance to do something to the best of their abilities. However, only less than half of the study participants, 27 (28.7 %) were satisfied with pay in the institutions as well almost half of the study participants 48 (51.1%) were dissatisfied with the amount of a reasonable work expected from them. Conclusion and Recommendations - the payment for job, amount of a reasonable work load and immediate supervisors response to staff concerns issue as the principal causes of dissatisfaction for the staff members of Harar health science college. Therefore, the college administrators to have a scheduled and regular meeting with the staffs specially to administrative staffs as well need to work hard on the way the college decisions, policies and other system are put in to practice.
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Masresha Leta Serbesa
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