THE EFFECT OF WORK SITUAITON ON EMPLOYEES’JOB SATISFACTION: THE CASE OF AUDIT SERVICES CORPORATION

Abstract

The main aim of this study was to examine the effect of work situation on employees’ Job satisfaction on Audit Services Corporation. In this study work situations like performance feedback, workplace incentives, job safety, job security, promotion, supervisor support and relation with co-workers were used as independent variables which have an effect on employees’ job satisfaction. The research design used in this study was descriptive and explanatory. The study used both primary and secondary data sources. Questionnaire in a five likert scale was developed from different sources. Questionnaires were distributed to all available employees Addis Ababa and convenience sampling was used to distribute the questionnaires. To analyze the data Statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 16.0 for windows was used and the data is presented using a descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings in this study indicated that there is a positive and significant effect between work situation and employees’ job satisfaction. The work situations are also found to affect employees’ job satisfaction significantly except supervisor support and workplace incentive. Furthermore, promotion is found to have the highest effect on the satisfaction of employees. The study also showed that there is a statistically significant difference on performance feedback, workplace incentive, job safety, supervisor support, promotion and relation with co-workers between the different positions of employees. It was also found that the respondents with different experience have statistically significant difference on performance feedback, workplace incentive, job safety, supervisor support and relation with co-workers. The organization is recommended to improve the selected work situations.