Emperical Study PDF
Emperical Study PDF
Emperical Study PDF
Abstract: The main objective of this research report is to find the crucial problems, faced by the employees
while working in organizations and find the ways how we make our employees loyal with their organization.
The purpose of this research is to elaborate the key factors which are useful for the satisfaction of the employees
i.e. workplace environment, reward and recognition, training and development and team work. These factors
help to make the policies effective and through this effectiveness, efficiency takes place in the management
process. This research paper is based on theoretical considerations, a model was proposed linking the employee
job satisfaction (EJS) constructs. The survey was conducted in 2012 and covered 200 employees within the
territory of Punjab in Pakistan. Through this survey we find a strong positive relationship between team work
and all other factors..
Keywords: Employee job satisfaction, workplace environment, Reward and Recognition, Teamwork, Training
and development
I. Introduction:
Organizations are frequently difficult latest running trends and statement, fast change of technology,
new policy, environment and public aspects. Attitude affects behavior and attitudes of employees mostly
concerned with job satisfaction, job involvement, and organizational commitment. Many researchers found that
Job satisfaction, Environment, pay, work place, and change in technology all of these are main factors that
influences employee’s behavior in any organization. (Igalens and Roussel, 1999; Brewer et al., 2008).Employee
satisfaction relays on interpersonal skills, work place, pay, promotions, and relations with co-workers. These
factors bring positive feelings about that job ensuing from assessment of its uniqueness. An employee among a
high job satisfaction holds encouraging feelings about the work and vice versa.
Attractive job given that guidance, variety of surprises (Bonus), freedom, and control make happy most
the employees. The majority of employees have a preference work that is tough condition. Happy workers are
productive workers. Incentive increasing the efficiency of employee and recognition enhanced the confident for
the employee. It is important that organizations monitor employees’ attitudes. For this purpose attitude, surveys
are most popular method. Using attitude surveys provides top management with valuable feedback on how
employees perceive their working conditions. (Beer, Specter, Lawrence, Mills,&Walton,1984.
Physical and social facets involve in execution surroundings either the work is physical or cognitive type.
Working circumstances is very important for satisfaction it includes work place, set aside lighting, interferences,
thermal environment, and office equipments. Organization performances increase due to good sitting
environment. Management must concern on work place setting to enhance employee’s capabilities.
Management provides such kind of ergonomics setting to their employees so they feel ease in performing work
activities that is easily changeable and transferable. Communicating and coactions also better in workplace
between employees and departments.
Broad (2007) described that to achieve the organizational quantitative and qualitative goals and
enhancing employee’s performance effective intrinsic and extrinsic incentives must be given to employees.
Monetary, non- monetary benefits (given to employees), recognizing their work and developing good and
healthy employee and employer’s relationship is a key factor in motivating employees to work hard. Intrinsic
motivation is achieved by accomplishing personal goals and objectives, which motivate employees and enhance
job satisfaction.
Employee Reward System must be integrated and supportive with the corporate strategic objective;
further reward system must be unbiased and discourage interdepartmental and organizational differences.
(Gomez-Mejia and Balkin, 1992). Encouragement of employee’s performance and creating sense of ownership
in achieving tasks different business setups have been using various incentives, reward and pay system
(Cameron and Pierce,1977).
Team work is another concept used by organizations for improving employee’s performance, teams
and groups define work boundaries, limit and streamline scope of work and give the direction to the team
members for achievement of team goal which is integrated with the achievement of organizational goal (Parker
and Wall, 1998).
Successful and effective team depends upon different factors i.e. composition of team, record of
accomplishment and integrity, financial soundness, educational background and experience; further team
working is not suited to all kinds of jobs (Cameo et al., 1993; Gradstein, 1984).
Employees are key resource of any organization. Organization invest lot of capital on employees in the
form of organizing training and development sessions and seminars, further foreign training sessions are also
arranged for executives and directors of organizations, this increases employees skills which in return increase
the efficiency and effectiveness of the employees which results in increased in organizational productivity
(Knoke & Kalleberg).
Thus, need to experiment these factors in less developed country similar to Pakistan where workers are
face different working situation by work burden, fewer economic support, and centralize structure of strategy
making. This study know that the satisfaction of employee job purpose to examine the impact of justice of
actions, training and development, workplace environment, reward recognition and team work, on employee job
satisfaction.
II. Literature Review
2.1 Employee job satisfaction:
Employee job satisfaction (EJS) is the feelings and thoughts of employees about their work and place
of work. In result, job satisfaction is all about to satisfy the one’s needs in working place (Togia et al., 2004).
Bodur (2002) stated that there are some factors, which are related to job satisfaction that is work substances,
age, sex, educational level, work place environment, location, colleagues, income and timing of work. For the
purpose of employee satisfaction many theories have been developed. The most important theory is Maslow’s
need theory. It is based on human hierarchical needs. On the other hand, job satisfaction relates to significant
conventional views, which are formulated via Mausner and Herzberg (1959). Maslow’s theory is based on
fundamental and external element such as accomplishment, acknowledgment, duty, pay, plan, interpersonal
interaction, management, and operational atmosphere.
H2. There is a relationship between rewards and recognition and employee job satisfaction.
2.4 Teamwork
In groups, employees must have corporate jobs so that they clearly determine the performance of the
collective jobs commonly (Delarue, 2003); the worker and leader both realized the teamwork as mortal task. It is
described that efficient teamwork can prompt employees and amend employees’ jobs in the organization if the
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Empirical study of Employee job Satisfaction
employees work in same prefaces. Execution and self-power, Person liberty, implication, attaching with team
members and satisfaction are the origin to raise employees self-powered and motive through teamwork.
Consorting to consequences of Rahman and Bullock’s (2005) that convinced relation among employees is
developed by use of mutual work. In banking sector, we anticipate the same convinced relation among efficient
teamwork and employee satisfaction.
To the achiever of any business efficient teamwork is necessary. As “no man is an island” complete
organization can be, stimulate due to good effects of fertile teamwork and organization can be lame due to bad
effects of deficient teamwork. For efficient teamwork attracting and retaining are requires. For producing an
efficient team it does not matter how difficult it is to tried people work mutually, the team will definitely fail
without right people for right job. Teamwork is significant either you lead or work in team. In the banking
sectors, we anticipate that convinced relation among efficient teamwork and employees expectations.
H4. There is a relationship between training and development and employee job satisfaction.
Workplace environment
3.1 Sample/Data
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Empirical study of Employee job Satisfaction
To collect the necessary data was used research method on original the scope of research model.
Service area was selected as a perfect research location in Pakistan. A sample of 200 respondents will ask to
participate in a self-administered questioner. The study was carried out during the month of Dec 2012 at multi
organization for employees’ survey. Samples of 200 staff were picked, however not all employees were able to
respond to the questionnaires and only 150 questionnaires’ were successfully completed.
The current study utilizes a non-probability sampling technique that is convenience sampling. Convenience
sampling is a sampling technique that obtains and collects the relevant information from the sample or the unit
of the study that are conveniently available (Zikmund, 1997). Convenience sampling is normally used for
collecting a large number of completed surveys speedily and with economy (Lym et al.,2010). We select these
samples from different organizations in Bahawalpur Pakistan. The main cluster will target to collect the sample
data from the working professionals of different organizations. The selection of employees is based on the
previous results of the studies on employee job satisfaction. The rationale for this approach was that the study
involved several independent variables correlated to the dependent variable (employee satisfaction and
workplace environment). This was done using a five point scale data values (Strongly agree to strongly
disagree) to compute the rating index on each of the indicator established to influence the overall satisfaction.
3.3. Procedure:
The questionnaire was distributed among 200 respondents in Bahawalpur. These respondents are
selected based on criteria above discussed. The purpose of study and questions were explained to the
respondents so they can easily fill the questionnaire with relevant responses. 150 questionnaires were selected
and rest of the questionnaire was not including in the future analysis due to incomplete or invalid responses.
After collecting the completed questionnaire, these questionnaires were coded and enter into SPSS sheet for
further regression analysis.
β = 0.456
RR Sig = 0.000
β = 0.232 EJS
Sig = 0.001
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V. Discussion
The main purpose of the study is to establish the critical factors of the employee satisfaction and find
the impact of employee satisfaction on employee loyalty in the service sector in Pakistan. Satisfaction construct
contains four main factors, which are named workplace environment, reward and recognition, teamwork and
training and development.
In this study, teamwork was found to be the most important factor on employee satisfaction with the
value of its standardized regression weight being 0.456 (p , 0.000). This result shows that teamwork provides
various benefits to organizations such as diversification, increased productivity, decreased turnover, knowledge
sharing and improved safety.
Workplace environment found another factor which significant influence on employee job satisfaction
of its regression weight being 0.233 (p ,0.000) To regulate the forecaster of physical workplace environment
satisfaction this study used linear fixation analytical thinking. Linear relation between autonomous variable and
subordinate variable simulate linear fixation analysis. Secure relation between autonomous variable and
subordinate variable are designate if the linear relationship is in straight form. To heighten the initiation and a
beneficial organization culture, organization may formulate a learning environment through training and
education. By educate and train the employees. The third factor which influence on employee job satisfaction
being weight 0.232 (p 0.001) on the conception of employee satisfaction the honor and acknowledgement was
consider as the third significant component. This consequence affirms the study of Jun et al. (2006) and Maurer
(2001). For the advance of employee participation and endure mutual work organizations must originate the
stately reward and recognition systems. Department must honor as intend of accompaniment special functioning
level on the recognition of employee’s effort on excellence work. For the purpose of employee dedication to
TQM execution, organization require qualified quality attempt to measure the performance. That found in
entailment of public sector that both executive leaders and managers should be cognizant the significant of
reward and recognition in service sector. Is 0.128 (p 0.040) but is also significant influence on employee job
satisfaction.
allegiance may not be exclusively specify through these four components. Rather many other components may
act upon it that is out the range of this research.
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