Job satisfaction is very important attitude to the work and the most important and interested thing in organizational life. Job satisfaction is related in the function of personnel management and job satisfaction is given differently according to what...
Job satisfaction is very important attitude to the work and the most important and interested thing in organizational life. Job satisfaction is related in the function of personnel management and job satisfaction is given differently according to what members try to achieve in his work place and how much the needs of members are fulfilled. And this satisfaction is not able to separate from needs and motivations. That is, job satisfaction is closely relates with satisfying the needs of the individual. So, we can show the strategy for job satisfaction of public officials through grasping needs of them.
The purpose of this study is to develop the management strategy by grasping needs of public service officials and job satisfaction of them. That is, this study investigates the difference of fulfillment-degree caused from the difference between the level of needs(expectation) and the fulfillment which influence job satisfaction, and then try to argue that certain needs must be fulfilled to enhance job satisfaction. So, this study puts four questions; First, how about the degree of job satisfaction? Second, is there any relation between needs and job satisfaction? third, which level of needs does largely have influence on job satisfaction? Furth, if Job satisfaction is influenced by the difference between the level of needs(expectation) and fulfillment, what does this mean?
For this, this study investigates the literatures and then make an positive analysis to achieve the purpose of study. First, this study investigates books and thesis on Maslow theory(a kind of theories on motivation) and needs-job satisfaction. For positive analysis, SPSS WIN 12.0 is used.
The results of this analysis are as follows;
First, public service officials are satisfied with their duty.
Second, there is a correlation between job satisfaction and needs. To put it concretely, in the individual case, physiological-needs, safety-needs, social-needs, esteem-needs, self-actualization-needs have a positive correlation to job satisfaction. in the organizational case, physiological-needs, safety-needs, self-actualization-needs, esteem-needs have a positive correlation.
Third, results show that the needs which influences on job satisfaction is safety-needs in the individual case, and are physiological-needs, self-actualization needs in the organizational case. also, those needs have a positive correlation to Job satisfaction. And in the examination of needs item influencing on job satisfaction, stable income, security for the aged, attachment to family, self-contentment have a positive correlation to job satisfaction in the individual case while wages, promotion/appointment have a positive correlation to job satisfaction in the organizational case.
Fourth, the result indicates the expectation of needs have stronger influence on job satisfaction than fulfillment of them. This tendency appear prominently in safety-needs(in the individual case), physiological-needs and safety-needs(in the organizational case). Also, of needs-items, stable income, security for the aged show this tendency prominently. And of the organizational items, wages, welfare(including temporary rest from office), working environment, a relief measure for an injury or disease, a security for a retiree, promotion/appointment show this tendency prominently.
This results mean that low-ranking public officials are still in low-needs-stage from the perspective of Maslow' needs hierarchy theory, and that the fulfillment of their needs enhances job satisfaction. therefore, in order to enhance job satisfaction, it is needed to fulfill safety-needs in the individual environment and physiological-needs in the organizational environment. and of the elements which constitute needs, a security for the aged, wages, promotion/appointment are fulfilled preferentially.