ميزان رضايت شغلي كاركنان دولت در شهر كاشان طي سالهاي 78-1377

Evaluation of occupational satisfaction among official staff in Kashan during the years 1998-1999

History and Objectives: Considering the significance of occupational satisfaction and its influence on personal performance and mental health and the existence of little information in this field, this study was carried out to evaluate the occupational satisfaction among official staff in Kashan during the years 1998-1999. Materials and Methods: The descriptive strategy of this study was performed on 1250 cases and data were collected in especially-designed questionnaire from 44 public organizations. The questionnaire consisted of two divisions, one containing issues about age, gender, record of service, level of education, working field, and income, and the other one contains 37 questions and issues on occupational satisfaction and related subjects. Results: A total of 829 qualified questionnaires were filled in the study. The average age of cases was 35.79 ± 8.32 years and 66% of them were male and 90% of them were married. In addition, most of them had diploma of high school (30.1%) and 26,3% had bachelor degree, Satisfaction was 26.1% for maintaining needs and 16.6% for developmental needs. Furthermore, 60.7% of them satisfied with their occupation. Conclusion: Despite a low income and the existence of different problems encountered, official staff in total satisfied with their occupation.