mgt 502 ass. sol # 1

Q.1: Write down all possible factors that could lead to job satisfaction
or dissatisfaction of employees in an organization
(10 Marks)
Attitude of a person to his/her work is called job satisfaction.
Job satisfaction is the collection of feelings and beliefs people have about
their current jobs.
Factors in Job satisfaction
1. The work itself
If the work is satisfactory to the person then he/she feel satisfied
for example if the duty technical work taken from the nontechnical
person then he will feel unsatisfied. The work should be
challenging to the person and relevant to him/her.

2. Remuneration
It is the most important part of job satisfaction. If the
remunerations are fair then the person will feel satisfied from the
job otherwise not.

3. co-worker
If the assistants and the staff working under the person, then he/she
‘ll feel more satisfactory and vice versa.

4. Promotion
If there are chances of promotion then the person will feel job
satisfaction and vice versa.

5. Attitude of higher Authority
If the higher authority is not co-operative and supportive as in our
case of question, the person will loose interest.

6. Colleagues Attitude
If the colleagues are not co-operative and the social relation does
not exist at work environment then there will be job dissatisfaction.

7. Job challenges:-
If the job is dull, ruff and not challenging to the person, then the
person will feel dissatisfaction from the job. For example the work
of data entry if taken from the programmer then the programmer
will feel dissatisfaction from the job.

8. Working Conditions
If the work conditions are safe, the employee will feel more
satisfied from the job otherwise not.

9. Job Security
If there is a culture of eliminating employees without considerable
reasons, the employee feel dissatisfied from the job.

10. Risk
If there is risk fire, electric shock etc. then the employees will feel
dissatisfied from the job.

11. Reward system
Effective Reward system let there employees more satisfied from
the job.

12. Authority, Power
If an employee does not have the authority and power that he
deserve then he ‘ll feel dissatisfied from the job.

13. Retirement Benefits
If there are reasonable retirement and ‘on job death’ benefits then
the employees will feel more satisfied otherwise not.