A STUDY ON JOB SATISFACTION IN RELATION WITH JOB FACTORS REFERENCE TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PHARMA SECTOR EMPLOYEES

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Dr P,Venkateswara Rao
Dr P.Rama Seshayya
R. Ramesh

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Job Satisfaction, Job Factors, Industrial Relations,Public sector, Private sector.,Organizational Behaviour

Abstract

Job Factors plays a significant role in increasing the level of satisfaction of the employees at work place. Job satisfaction has received attention worldwide with the increasing competition and ever-changing demands of the customers. Job satisfaction is a relative concept which is difficult to be measured. Job factors play a significant role in affecting the level of satisfaction among employees. Job satisfaction differs according to age, experience, nature of job, etc. Job factors include physical factors, psychological factors as mentioned in Maslow’s Need Hierarchy. Job satisfaction and job factors are closely related to each other. Hence it becomes indispensible for the manager to create healthy and congenial environment at workplace to contribute towards employee satisfaction. Job factors also refered as Environment at work place plays a vital role in building amicable employee-employer relations. This study is focused on securing job satisfaction through effective job factors.The study is based on the primary data sourced from 220 employees working in HR departments in public and private sector organizations located in  twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.


 

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