Job Satisfaction of Employees in St. Peter’s College, Iligan City

In today’s competitive environment, it is important to recruit and retain qualified, dynamic, and motivated employees to be viable in the academic world. This study measured the job satisfaction of the employees at St. Peter’s College, Iligan City (SPC) using the Job Descriptive Index for the five facets of job satisfaction. These are pay, co-workers, work itself, supervision, and promotion. The job satisfaction of the employees’ are measured along the demographic profile variables such as age, marital status, gender, employment description, salary, academic qualification, and tenure. This paper also aimed to measure the employees overall satisfaction with the job using the Job in General Scale. The validated questionnaire used in this study is the Job Descriptive Index and Job in General Scales from Bowling Green University. A descriptive and correlation statistics were used for this study. The study revealed that the SPC employees described that they are generally satisfied with their job although employees from segments of demographic profile describe their satisfaction on the facets of pay, and promotion on the negative. It was found out that there is no significant relationship between the employees’ demographic profile and their job satisfaction. The study showed that the employees found dissatisfaction in some facets of the job satisfaction but felt satisfied on the overall job situation. SPC management can use the findings of this study to address important issues on job satisfaction to effectively manage human resource for the continuous improve of the school services.

 

Keywords: Job satisfaction, job descriptive index, job in general, facets of the job satisfaction