Assessing Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction of Employees in project-driven organization: the case of Onesimus Children Development Association (OCDA), Addis Ababa.
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2018-06-06
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Addis Ababa University
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An essential feature of any successful organization is employees’ satisfaction. One of the most important challenges facing managers is therefore the creation of a context within which employee satisfaction is enhanced and sustained. This motivates employees to act effectively enabling the organization to achieve its vision, mission and goals. Therefore, the perception of an employee towards employment has a direct effect on the quality of the expected output.
The purpose of this study was to assess the factors that affect employee job satisfaction in project-driven organization: the case of Onesimus Children Development Association (OCDA). More over this research also aims to find out the overall job satisfaction level in OCDA and to show the outcome of job satisfaction on employee performance. The researcher has used stratified sampling technique and sample size determination formula delivered by Yamane. The sample of the study consisted of 140 employees through semi structured questionnaire and of which all questionnaires were returned and processed. The statistical software version 20.0 and excel spread sheet have been used to analyze the generated data. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics that includes frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations. Some of the respondents appeared to be satisfied with, and well-motivated by their jobs. In the site of the findings, working environment seems to be one of the most important elements of job satisfaction followed by Training and leadership, Reward, Organizational structure, Organizational culture. The study also shown that the employee’s job satisfaction can affect employee’s productivity and performance, self-reliance level, actions, connection with coworkers, influence to the group and the excellence of jobs output. So, Onesimus Children Development Association/ OCDA/ needs to create an empowerment culture, gratitude and prizes to the employees for their hard work ,support the working method of the organizations with various technology and system mechanizations, establish employee recognition frame work, Provide training to meet the career needs of employees, formulate a fair promotion system ,and develop the leaders and managers capacity on teaching and mentoring and design or customize HRM practices in order to motivate the employees’ and gain competitive advantage by establishing a fair rewarding system and provide equitable and competitive benefit package to the financial sector. And also there should be a constant communication between top management and all employees of the organization.
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Job Satisfaction, work environment, Organizational, Leadership, Training