EFFECT OF JOB ENRICHMENT ON THE COMPETENCY DEVELOPMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION OF EMPLOYEES (WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES IN INDIA)
Keywords:
Job Enrichment, Competency Development, Job SatisfactionAbstract
The globalization and privatization have increased the competition which resulted change at the work place. The organizations expect higher productivity, profitability and high quality product and services. Employee’s being the ‘asset’ for the company play pivotal role in success of business organization. For a sustainable business employer have to meet the demands and aspirations of employees and vice versa. Job enrichment is an approach of job design which motivates the employees to perform better, develop competency and provide job satisfaction to them, which is essential requirement for the present competitive and challenging environment. It becomes indispensable by companies to provide job satisfaction especially in Multinational companies where employees spends maximum time in a day.
This paper is an attempt to find the extent of job enrichment practices in the multinational companies in India and find the association of job enrichment with competency development and job satisfaction of employees in the multinational companies in India. The study is descriptive in nature and is based on the data collected from employees working in multinational companies in India. The study is based on the data collected from both primary and secondary sources. The researcher conducted the analysis of all the relevant data with the help of MS-Excel and SPSS 16.0 version.
Hence, job itself should be designed in such a manner so that work becomes meaningful and challenging ultimately lead to enhance competency of employees along with job satisfaction.
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