EFFECTS OF EMPLOYEE’S JOB SATISFACTION ON PROJECT PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF ETHIOPIAN ELECTRIC POWER

Abstract

This research was studied the effects of employee’s job satisfaction on project performance in Ethiopian Electric Power. Job satisfaction of employee’s plays an important role on the performance of an organization. It consists of many different factors that can affect employee’s job satisfaction. Seven of these many factors were used as predictor variables like compensation, working condition, job description, Work life balance, Respect and recognition, career growth and job security. Under each of these factors, questions were prepared in the form of closed ended and open-ended questions to collect the sample of 135 targeted populations, 126 respondents returned from seven project offices of Ethiopian Electric Power using the data collecting methods questionnaire and interviews. 10 of 126 respondents were replied both questionnaires and interview questions. These respondents were selected by simple random sampling method. The research type was quantitative with descriptive method. Literature survey described in the report served as the conceptual framework. The data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed by means of inferential Statistics which measures such mean, correlation analysis, and multiple regression analysis. The finding obtained from the analysis indicates that, there is a statistically significant relationship between employee’s job satisfaction and project performance. The researcher recommended the organization to improve the factors that affect employee’s job satisfaction.