For decades, researchers have been concerned with employee satisfaction
and it has drawn the attention of managers in the organization. The success of
any organization lies on its ability to build an environment where potential of
every employee is realized and actively applied in realizing business objectives. In today's economy, the biggest task in front of any organization is to retain
and satisfy its employees. A right way to satisfy an employee is to win his
heart. However, there is confusion and debate among practitioners on the topic
of employee attitudes and job satisfaction. So to be precise, we describe in
brief what job satisfaction actually means. Job satisfaction is defined as positive
affect of employees towards their job or job situations (Locke, 1976). In
general, however, most researchers perceive job satisfaction as a general attitude
rather than specific or actual (Jex, 2002). And is referred to as "one of the
best researched concepts in work". Job satisfaction mediates the
relationships between one individual worker with work conditions and organizations
and individual outcomes. To access the level of satisfaction of employees, it
is important to know exactly what matters most to them.
Natraj and Hafeez (1965), Sinha and Nair (1965), Ghosh and Shukla (1967),
Rao (1970b), Vasudeva and Rajbir (1976), Nazir (1988), Bhatt (1992),
and Vasagam (1997) found no relationship between age and job satisfaction.
In contrast, Guha (1965) and Sinha and Agarwala (1971) found
positive relationship between age and job satisfaction, while Sinha and Sharma
(1962) and Narchal et al. (1984) found negative relationship between them. |
