The Perception of Job Satisfaction

The Perception of Job Satisfaction of the Teachers at Private Universities in Bangladesh

“The Perception of Job Satisfaction of the Teachers at Private

Universities in Bangladesh”

South-East University

Bangladesh.

&

Presidency University

Bangladesh. .

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

PARTICULARS PAGE NO

List of Illustrations ……………………………………………………..…………………………. III

Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………………...... 4

Objective of the Report ………………………………...…………….…………………………….. 5

Methodology ……... …………………………………...…………………………………………… 6

Overview about the Institutions …………………………………………………...………………... 7

Basic OB Concept of this Report …………………………………………………………………. 9

Teacher’s Attitude ………..………………………………………………………………………..... 10

Teacher’s Tenure …………………………………………………….……………………………... 12

Teachers Overall Job Satisfaction According to others Factors ………………………….………... 13

Satisfaction Level of Teachers ……………………………………….……………………...……... 14

Institutions Culture …………………………………………………………………………...…... 16

Ethics that Institutions Bears about Teachers ………………….…….……………………………... 17

Teachers Motivation ………………..…………………………………..…………………………... 17

Conclusions ……………………………………………….……………………..………………… 18

Reference ………………….……………………………………………………………………….. 19

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

FIGURE PAGE

Figure-1.1 Teacher's morale, OCB, & enthusiastic about the Job…………………….. 10

Figure-1.2 Teacher's Attitude about Co-workers support……………… …………..………… 11

Figure-1.3.1 Teacher's Tenure……………………………………….………………………... 12

Figure-1.3.2 Teacher's Tenure ………………………………………………………...……... 13

Figure-1.4 Average Job Satisfaction by Facts………… ……………………………………... 14

Figure-1.5 Overall Job Satisfaction of 16 teachers………………… ………………………... 15

Figure-1.6 Average Job Satisfaction Level …………………………………………………... 15

TABLE PAGE

Teacher's morale, OCB, & enthusiastic about the Job……………………..………….. 10

Teacher's Attitude about Co-workers support……………… …………………...…..………… 11

Teacher's Tenure……………………………………….……………………….……………... 12

Average Job Satisfaction by Facts………… …………………………………..…… ...……... 13

Overall Job Satisfaction of 16 teachers………………… ……………………..……………... 14

Average Job Satisfaction Level ………………………………………………..……………... 15

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Introduction:

Job satisfaction has been defined in several different ways and a definitive designation for the

term is unlikely to materialize. A simple or general way to define it therefore is as an

attitudinal variable:

Job satisfaction is simply how people feel about their jobs and different aspects of their jobs.

It is the extent to which people like (satisfaction) or dislike (dissatisfaction) their jobs.

Investigated by several disciplines such as psychology, sociology, economics and

management sciences, job satisfaction is a frequently studied subject in work and

organizational literature. This is mainly due to the fact that many experts believe that job

satisfaction trends can affect labor market behavior and influence work productivity, work

effort, employee absenteeism and staff turnover. Moreover, job satisfaction is considered a

strong predictor of overall individual well-being, as well as a good predictor of intentions or

decisions of employees to leave a job.

Therefore, as we are the student of BBA program, we need to study Organizational Behaviors

very effectively. As a part of our schooling, we already have completed a survey in two

private universities about their employee’s attitude and job satisfaction. The names of the

institutions are East-West University & Presidency University.

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Objective of this Report:

The main objective of the report is comparative analysis and to examine some data and trends

on job satisfaction. This report will reveal how private universities focusing on job

satisfaction.

This objective comprises four main goals:

1. To highlight policy at institutions level on the job satisfaction issue.

2. To understand how job satisfaction is assessed in the Private Universities.

That is why we tried to find out the turnover situation in these institutions. We also tried to

know the organization’s culture, their ethics that these institutions bear and the rules and

regulations of these institutions. Knowing about these institutions’s management motivation

techniques were also an objective in this report.

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Methodology:

This report relies principally on the contributions of two sources:

Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

At first, we went to the institution with a set of questionnaire. We interviewed the teachers of

the organization based on the questionnaire. From these ways, we collect necessary

information for our report.

Then we visited the institution’s website to know about organization. We collected some

basic information from the website and analyzed the information.

This comparative analytical report also refers to data from “Measuring job satisfaction in surveys

- Comparative analytical report”, website: www.eurofound.europa.eu

In preparing this report, I use MS Ward 2007 Excel Worksheet to illustrate the numeric data. To include graphical content I use line and Bar chart.

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Overview about the Institutions:

Southeast University

Southeast University is pledged to create a knowledge-based

society. Understanding the need and value of higher education

to build a happy and prosperous Bangladesh, a group of

dedicated educationists and enthusiasts discussed the prospects

of establishing a private university that would uphold the torch

of knowledge and would pursue quality education in a quiet,

trouble-free and congenial academic environment. Ultimately a

university named "Southeast University (SEU)" started its

journey in the month of June 2002 as a private university under

the 'Private University Act 1992'. The Honourable President of the People's Republic of

Bangladesh is the Chancellor of SEU. From the very beginning till now SEU has been

following the policy of not treating education as a commercial product, and is firmly

committed to serve the society without having any commercial motive, whatsoever. Creation

of SEU was a visionary decision in the face of ever increasing demand for updated

specialized education in Bangladesh.

Presidency University

Presidency University has been established with the aim

of imparting high quality education through teaching

and research. The emphasis will be on creating an

institution dedicated to excellence in teaching, research,

training, community services and thereby leading to

character building at the grass-root level. One of the

main objectives is to develop human resources capable

of leading the nation and also of undertaking

responsibilities for the socio-economic development of

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the country. The university shall also do everything possible to protect Bangladesh's social

and cultural heritage and project the same everywhere.

Presidency University makes all efforts to keep education free of politics that generally, as

has been the experience, leads to campus violence that seriously disturb the educational

career of the students. While politics will be taught in the classes as a part of their course to

make the young generation ready to take over the leadership of the nation, no active party

politics would be allowed in the Campus. The students must concentrate in their studies

undisturbed and leave the campus with a meaningful degree within the stipulated time.

Presidency University is continuously developing facilities to foster an environment where

students and teachers are motivated and expatriate Bangladeshi educationist or others are

keen on pursuing a teaching career.

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Basic OB Concept of this Report:

Organizational Behavior is a distinct area of expertise with a common body of knowledge

that investigates the impact that individual groups, and structure have on behavior within

organizations. Our purpose is applying such knowing toward improving an organization’s

effectiveness.

To sum up our definition, the main concern of the study is to know what people do in an

institution, how their behavior affects the institution’s performance, and emphasizes behavior

as related to concerns such as jobs, work, absenteeism, employment turnover, productivity,

and human performance.

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Teacher’s Attitude:

For an institutions employee, their job attitude is interconnected with their psychological

empowerment, job involvement, and commitment.

In our research, we sum up a decision that almost 50% (Table-1) of the teachers think they

are as much as morale about their work, enthusiastic and so much committed to their work.

Almost 33.33% are somehow agreeing that they feel morale, job commitment about their

work and their institutions.

But we found almost 16.67% teachers who are not belongs any morale about their work, job

commitment, and they are not enthusiastic about their work.

Table 1 (Table is illustrate in Figure 1.1)

Figure 1.1

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At view of another perception, almost 62.50% (Table-2) teachers are think that their co-

workers are so much supportive, and 34.38% teachers think that co-workers are supportive

but not so much.

But only 3.13% teachers somewhat think, co-workers are not cooperative as much as they

expect.

Table-2 (Table is illustrate in Figure 1.2)

Figure-1.2

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Teacher’s Tenure:

Teacher’s job tenure is correlation with work condition, and job opportunities. In our

research, we sum up a decision that almost job tenure (Table-3) of the presidency

university’s teacher is more than the South-East University. The average tenure of PU is 8.1

years and the average tenure of SEU is only 6 years.

Tenure is a potent variable is explaining turnover. So that, PU teachers are stay longer in a

job and SEU teachers are more likely s/he is to quit.

Table-3 (Table is illustrate in Figure 1.3.1 & 1.3.2)

Figure-1.3.1

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Figure-1.3.2

Teachers Overall Job Satisfaction According to others Factors:

The major job satisfaction facts are opportunity & acceptance, job security, supervision, co-

worker, and more importantly pay & promotion. Generally a job provides independence to

the employees and most of prefer work that is challenging and stimulating, and ensure

security.

In our research, we are make a decisions that the average job satisfaction of the teachers

depends on the pay is 28.86% (Table-4), 35.51% depends on job security, at the view of

supervision satisfaction is 13.43%, depends on promotion is 12.62% and also depends on

supports of co-worker is 9.68%.


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Figure-1.4

Satisfaction Level of Teachers:

In our survey, we took 16 number of teacher’s interview, from Presidency number of 9

teachers and from South-East University number of 7 teachers. In scale of 5 (Table-5) the

highest points is 4.68 in Presidency University and 3.00 in South-East University. The

lowest point is 2.14 in PU and only 0.74 is SEU.

Another point of view, the average job satisfaction level of PU is higher than SEU.

Presidency University’s average satisfaction level is 3.43 in scale of 5 and South-East is 1.65

in scale of 5 (Table-6).


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Figure-1.5


Figure-1.6

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SO that, we sum up a conclusion that considering every elements Presidency University’s

teachers are more satisfy, committed, morale about their job than South-east University.

Moreover, PU teachers are feeling the physiological ownership in their institutions rather

than SEU.

Institutions Culture:

In the South-East University, it aims at providing teacher standard facilities and flexibility. It

will be imparting world class education and providing research facilities so that the teachers

and students can attain their full intellectual, social and personal potentials. SEU is

committed to develop human capital by cultivating creative thinking in individuals. It has

plans to offer M Phil. and PhD programs in all branches of higher studies including

engineering, agriculture, language, law and medical sciences. It has also the authority to grant

diplomas, certificates and other academic distinctions. It has also the authority to open new

Schools of studies and new institutions on its own campus.

Presidency University is continuously developing facilities to foster an environment where

teachers are motivated by their responsibility and keen on pursuing a teaching career. They

proud that this institution encouraging enough to return to Bangladesh and pursue a career in

the land which they belong to. The University is committed to implementing in full the

principle of equal opportunity to all and ensuring that all teachers of the University receive

benefits of a just and equitable system. This institution dedicated to excellence in teaching,

research, training, and community services.

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Ethics that Institutions Bears about Teachers:

Institutions are believed that the teaching and curricula of would base on the overarching

philosophy that the best way a university can serve a society and this philosophy creates by

the teachers, who are the strong leaders with high morals. These leaders would in the

workforce and transform the backbone of this nation, the environment and the society.

Teachers Motivation:

There are some criteria which should follow to motivate teachers for increasing their job

satisfaction.

Money can motivate towards job satisfaction.

Proper use s/he’s talents and give them value and recognition.

Positive work environment can motivate.

Help employee to make balance work-life conflict.

Trained and improve skills.

In terms of reward, judge fairly and equitably.

Provide flexibility in terms of personal/ family life.

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Conclusion:

This report is dynamic knowledge based research that mainly focuses on two universities

teacher’s job satisfaction and attitude towards their job. The perception of job satisfaction

of the teachers at private universities in Bangladesh elaborately discuss in this report. In

this report we able to know about teachers job satisfaction, their organizational citizenship,

and main criteria of job satisfaction.

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Reference:

Robbins, Judge. Organizational Behavior 13th edition.

“Measuring job satisfaction in surveys - Comparative analytical report”, website:

www.eurofound.europa.eu

www.south-eastuniversity.edu.bd

www.presidency.edu.bd

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http://www.presidency.edu.bd/

http://www.south-eastuniversity.edu.bd/

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