ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING JOB SATSFACTION: THE CASE OF ETHIOPIAN EVANGELICAL CHURCH MEKANE YESUS DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL SERVICE COMMISSION

Abstract

This study will be to analyze the important factors affecting employee job satisfaction in the faith based organizational context in Ethiopia. In order to achieve the excellence in services and better accomplishment, the dynamics that are more effective for increasing job satisfaction of employees in the case of Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus Development and Social Services Commission. A Job Satisfaction factors will identify for improvement based on theories supporting factors in job satisfaction, and to investigate to what extent this organization satisfies its employees. For this purpose, using a standard research methodology after extensive related literature review, this research examines Job Satisfaction theories supporting factors, while the effects were examined in terms of the major factors. Therefore, the results of this study not only were the previous theory formed by various researchers, but the finding indicates that the intrinsic factors with the highest effect on job satisfaction were less important affecting factors, while, some other extrinsic factors were placed high importance or higher affecting factor on the study. And it has adverse consequences on the employees' performance and organizational commitment. The thesis concludes with suggestions to increase job satisfaction levels in order to light the way for the future studies for the improvement of job satisfaction of their employees.