FACTORS AFFECTING EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION AT TEKLBERHAN AMBAYE CONSTRUCTION PLC

Abstract

Job satisfaction is defined as “a pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one’s job or job experiences”. The study aimed at identifying which specific factors is/are the most important one among the internal, external and individual job satisfaction factor for the Teklberhan Ambaye construction company employees’. To achieve this purpose, descriptive study design were used to analyze the data collected through survey questionnaire from a sample of 203 employees. These respondents were selected using two-stage cluster sampling method. The data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed using Statistical measures such as correlation coefficient and step wise multiple regression analysis. The major findings of the study reveals that effect of a person's current job at a particular company, number of skills and depth of knowledge required to do the job, freedom to set own goals and success criteria, quality of management, monetary rewards and the role of money, quality and quantity of interactions with others, issues that coworkers feel are important and how old someone is have a higher level of job satisfaction. It is also make known that there exist a positive relationship between the overall importance of internal JSF and goal determination and job variety, whereas a negative relationship exists between internal JSF and the work. There also exist a positive significant intercept and significant coefficients for supervision, compensation as well as social interaction. Both issues that coworkers feel are important and how old someone is have a positive relationship with the importance of individual job satisfaction factors. Based on the findings of the study, it is recommended that the management should give due attention when policies are drawn in relation to employees’ job satisfaction factors which are found to be most important to the company employees’.