Factors influencing job satisfaction among public health employees in Pattani Province, Thailand

Factors influencing job satisfaction among public health employees in Pattani Province, Thailand

The objective of this study is to determine the relationship and also influence of Job Autonomy, Nature of Work, Compensation, Staff Relations and Work Life Balance on Job Satisfaction among public health employees in Pattani Province, Thailand. A total of 262 respondents from Public Health Center...

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Main Author: Wae-Esor, Emeela
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Employment
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Factors influencing job satisfaction among public health employees in Pattani Province, Thailand
description The objective of this study is to determine the relationship and also influence of Job Autonomy, Nature of Work, Compensation, Staff Relations and Work Life Balance on Job Satisfaction among public health employees in Pattani Province, Thailand. A total of 262 respondents from Public Health Center in Pattani participated in this study. The five factors were tested using the Pearson correlation. It indicates that all the five factors have positive relationship towards Job Satisfaction. However, by using the regression analysis technique it showed that only Work Life Balance and Job Autonomy influenced Job Satisfaction. Hence great attention should be given by the management team or policy makers in order to understand these factors which significantly influence the employees’ performance
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title_short Factors influencing job satisfaction among public health employees in Pattani Province, Thailand
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spelling my-uum-etd.50612022-04-10T02:54:48Z Factors influencing job satisfaction among public health employees in Pattani Province, Thailand 2013 Wae-Esor, Emeela Adam, Mohamad Zainol Abidin College of Business (COB) College of Business HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment The objective of this study is to determine the relationship and also influence of Job Autonomy, Nature of Work, Compensation, Staff Relations and Work Life Balance on Job Satisfaction among public health employees in Pattani Province, Thailand. A total of 262 respondents from Public Health Center in Pattani participated in this study. The five factors were tested using the Pearson correlation. It indicates that all the five factors have positive relationship towards Job Satisfaction. However, by using the regression analysis technique it showed that only Work Life Balance and Job Autonomy influenced Job Satisfaction. Hence great attention should be given by the management team or policy makers in order to understand these factors which significantly influence the employees’ performance 2013 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/5061/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/5061/1/s809967.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/5061/2/s809967_abstract.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Abraham, R. (2000). The role of job control as a moderator of emotional dissonance and emotional intelligence outcome relationships. The Journal of Psychology, 134 (2), 169-85. Adams, J. S. (1963). Toward an understanding of inequity. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 67, 422-436. Adams, P. G. and Slocum, J. W. (1971). Work groups and employees satisfaction. 37-43. Alavi, H.R. and Askaripur, M.R. (2003). The relationship between self-esteem and job satisfaction of personnel in government organizations. Public Personnel Management, 32(4), 591-600. Andrews, I. R. and Henry, M. M. (1963). 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