A STUDY ON JOB SATISFACTION LEVEL AMONG STAFFS WORKING AT INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
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This descriptive study was to determine the level of job satisfaction reported by the full-time staffs of non-government organization in Myanmar. The research method used an anonymous survey that was voluntarily completed and returned to the researcher. The UW Stout Employee Satisfaction Survey (ESS) structured questionnaire had been used to measure the level of job satisfaction. The descriptive study was done to show the general characteristics, job information and job satisfaction level.
There were 68 full time staffs participated in the study. Different age groups from 23 to 60 years, different level of positions from different departments have involved in the survey. Average age was 33.8 years and 61.8% are single. More than half of the respondents were female. Most of the respondents were from program management and capacity development departments with 32.4% and 39.7% respectively. Most of them are managers, supervisors, senior officers and officers. Average salary is 400 USD per month. Total working experience was 2.1 years in average. Average duration in current work is 7.8 years.
Most of the respondents (77.9%) agree for feeling motivated at work. This is followed by another perception of respondents that they felt working in a team environment with 75%. It is accompanied that 72.1% agree that they felt working in an environment where there is cooperation and respect. In overall, 70.6% agree that organization is a good place to work. 23.5% strongly agree that they provide a valuable service to clients and 22.1% strongly agree that they are responsible for planning work activities.
From the detailed response of the forty items of job satisfaction, it was found that staffs are satisfied more on self-motivation, perception on work and job autonomy while there was less satisfaction in relationship with supervisors, senior management, recognition, pay and benefits. At the same time, few percent of respondents disagree that supervisors care about personal needs and being satisfied with pay respectively with 17.6% each. Job satisfaction level showed 76.5% in moderate level while 14.7% showed low level of job satisfaction. Mean score was 144.57. The results indicate that mean job satisfaction score was 144.57 and 76.5% of respondents which revealed that they have moderate level of job satisfaction.
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