Job satisfaction of graduates in the public and private sector
The purpose of this study is to compare the job satisfaction level of graduates in the public and private sectors. There are few local researches done in this area. However, foreign researches done in the past on job satisfaction of managers in the two sectors indicated that public sector'...
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Format: | Final Year Project |
Language: | English |
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2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64541 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
Summary: | The purpose of this study is to compare the job
satisfaction level of graduates in the public and private
sectors.
There are few local researches done in this area.
However, foreign researches done in the past on job satisfaction
of managers in the two sectors indicated that
public sector's managers reported lower organisational
commitment, lower satisfaction of work needs, and lower
job satisfaction as compared to private sector's managers
(Buchanan, 1974; Rainey, 1983; Rhinehart, Barrek, Dewolfe,
& Spaner, 1969).
This study chose 500 accountancy graduates as a
representative sample of the graduate population. Data was
collected through questionnaires sent either by post or
by hand. Results from the questionnaires were used to
compute scores for general and specific satisfactions
comparison between the public and private sectors. The
specific satisfactions relate to 6 facets of job satisfaction.
They are wages, promotional prospects, work environment,
job nature, company identification and fringe benefits. Analysis of the findings found that graduates in
the private sector are more satisfied than graduates in
the public sector with regard to wages, promotional prospects,
job nature and company identification, while equally
satisfied with regard to fringe benefits and working
environment. Moreover, graduates in the private sector
also enjoys a higher level of general satisfaction as
compared to their counterparts in the public sector. |
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