Variations in Job Satisfaction among Employees in University System of Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

The main objective of this paper is to study the level of job satisfaction among the non-teaching staff of A.P.S. University, Rewa (M.P.) India. The hypothesis of the study is the University has a high degree of job satisfaction and variation would not exist among the different groups of employees". The data were collected from 300 respondents of different groups. Group 'A' comprised of administrative cadre Group 'B' of supervisory cadre and Group 'C' of assistant cadre. Questionnaire having 22 factors to assess job satisfaction viz. overall satisfaction, promotion, salary, satisfactory relations, encouragement, job security, team spirit, etc. were distributed and the score has been obtained on a 5 point scale. In order to make the interpretation easier the mean score was converted in percentage score.

The results, indicate that employees of Group 'A' and 'B' tend to be more satisfied than employees of Group 'C' Factors also reveal that overall satisfaction is poor. Results show that the most important regions for low level of job satisfaction is because of poor responses of the employees against certain factors. The factors which need special attention include promotion, salary, fringe benefits, chances to learn, employees development, working condition, performance appraisal, team spirit, encouragement etc. Inspite of fairly higher and closer scores in Group 'A' and 'B', variations are apparently seen in 14 out of 22 factors. With regard to the satisfaction analysis and variation in the perception, the finding reveals that there is an inverse correlation in different cadres of employees. Therefore, the hypothesis stands rejected.