A social work study on job satisfaction


Mohammad Reza Iravani


Job satisfaction plays an important role on having sustainable growth in any business units. When an unsatisfied employee leaves, the business unit not only loses an employee but also it loses an intangible asset. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate overall job satisfaction occasionally and provide some guidelines for improving work conditions. The proposed study of this paper uses five questionnaires, which are associated with job motivation, job satisfaction and organizational commitment. We have selected 25 sample employees who work for the case study of this research located in west region on Iran. Using some statistical tests we analyze the data and the preliminary results indicate that employee have an average job satisfaction. The results indicate that there are some positive relationships between job satisfaction and other factors including wage increase, psychological needs, physical equipments, entertainment equipment and work-team.


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Keywords: Job opportunity ,Job satisfaction ,Organizational motivation ,Esfahan ,

How to cite this paper:

Iravani, M. R. (2012). A social work study on job satisfaction.Management Science Letters, 2(4), 1397-1402.


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