The Effects of Job Design on Employee Satisfaction at the Kenya Bureau of Standards, Nairobi County, Kenya.
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Date
2013-08-29
Authors
Onguso, Keng'aya Asenath
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Abstract
Employee job satisfaction has been cited as a key factor towards addressing the issue of
productivity in organizations. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of job
design on employee job satisfaction in Kenya Bureau of Standards. The more specific
objectives of the study were to find out how employee relationship with supervisors affects
employee job satisfaction, to determine the effect of the job conditions on employee job
satisfaction, to establish the extent to which opportunity for advancement affects employee
job satisfaction, and finally, to examine the relationship between job compensation and
employee job satisfaction. The study was carried out at the Kenya Bureau of standards
Headquarters in Nairobi County ..There were 200 of staff members from which a sample of
20% was drawn. The study involved all employees in the organization except those in the
management positions. A descriptive research design was adopted in conducting the. The data
was collected using questionnaires arranged and grouped according to particular research
questions. The collected data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and
content analysis by software package for social sciences (SPSS). The study reviewed that job
compensation affects satisfaction, worker-supervisor is crucial in day to day business of the
institutions and therefore affect job satisfaction. Career advancement on the other hand
influence career growth and job, satisfaction. The study therefore recommends that KEBS
management should formulate proper policies aimed at promoting job satisfaction through
compensation, good working environment.
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