Transformational to Transactional: An Empirical Study on Job satisfaction among faculty in Engineering Colleges
- Author Uma Rani Bade
- Co-Author Kallem Rajeshwari
- DOI
- Country : India
- Subject : Management Studies Sphoorthy Engineering
Keywords : job satisfaction, faculty, age, experience, personal variables
Abstract
Job satisfaction is a positive emotional state that involves individual emotions and thoughts which results from work experience. It is influenced by complex factors like people personality, cultural factors as well as job related factors. Job characteristics, organizational characteristics, demographic variables are primary determining factors to job satisfaction. The purpose of this study was to describe the overall level of job satisfaction and also relationships among various demographic characteristics and overall job satisfaction for faculty in engineering colleges. The study involves a survey that was conducted for 300 faculty members from various Engineering colleges selected using systematic sampling representing different regions of Telangana. A structured questionnaire was composed of items which measured demographic and Job characteristics. The research data was analyzed by correlation and descriptive analysis. The findings indicated that faculty were moderately satisfied with their job and some of the demographic and job characteristics were negligibly related to overall teacher’s job satisfaction.
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