A Brief Review of Literature on the Study of Job Satisfaction of Faculty Members in Higher Educational Institutes in India and Abroad Based on Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory
Keywords:
Job Satisfaction, Job Satisfaction Factors, Hygiene Factors, Motivation FactorsAbstract
The main purpose of this research paper is to summarise some selected research work on the subject/topic of job satisfaction and dissatisfaction of faculty members working in the College and Universities in India and abroad in which the Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory provided the theoretical framework for analysis of the study already done by researchers. The author has endeavoured to summarise selected relevant articles from various dissertations, research journals, review books and literature review available in the Library and on the internet as well. This paper deciphers in brief how hygiene factors and motivator factors as propounded by Herzberg and demographic factors or personal factors affect job satisfaction and dissatisfaction of faculty members in the College and the Universities in India and different countries in the world, thereby making the paper fruitful and very useful to the future researchers in this field.
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