DOES AGE AND GENDER EFFECTS JOB SATISFACTION?
Keywords:
Job Satisfaction, Job Design, leadership, demographic profileAbstract
The concept of Job Satisfaction has gained much importance in modern times. Job Satisfaction is an attitude which shows the level of being happy or unhappy with the workplace, work and organization. Job Satisfaction is determined by factors such as goal setting, job design, demographic profile, rewards, leadership and individual differences. In the present study the effect of demographic variables namely age and gender on job satisfaction of Telecom Executives was studied. Differences in Job Satisfaction across Age and Gender were studied on 320 executives working in telecommunication organizations located in North India, using Job Satisfaction scale developed by Spector (1985). The study revealed that there were significant differences between job satisfaction and its dimensions with regard to age. While there were no significant differences between job satisfaction and its dimensions with regard to gender. The study implies that as the age increases job satisfaction also increases while gender differences has no effect on job satisfaction of executives.
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