A Study on Job Satisfaction of University Employees with Special Reference to Karnatak University, Dharwad

Abstract

 Job satisfaction is a general attitude towards one's job, the difference between the amount of reward workers receive and the amount they believe they should receive. Employee is a back bone of every organization, without employee no work can be done. So employee's satisfaction is very important. Employees will be more satisfied if they get what they expected, job satisfaction relates to inner feelings of workers. As Karnatak University Campus, Dharwad is famous for education. The main aim of this study is to analyze the satisfaction level of university employees. Chi-Square test and percentage analysis have been used in this study to analyze the job satisfaction of university employees in Karnatak University Campus, Dharwad. The study shows that only 78 per cent of the employees are satisfied with the working conditions, 64 per cent of them are satisfied with the grievance handling procedure, 46 per cent of them with the welfare facilities, 45 per cent of them with the promotion policies, and 58 per cent of them are satisfied with the salary. The university may give importance to certain factors such as Canteen, rest room facilities, rewards, recognition and promotion policy so that satisfaction of the employees may be improved further.