×
Home Current Archive Editorial board
Instructions for papers
For Authors Aim & Scope Contact
Original scientific article

DETERMINANTS OF JOB SATISFACTION AMONG PRIVATE BANKING EMPLOYEES IN MADURAI

By
J. Sudarvel Orcid logo ,
J. Sudarvel
Contact J. Sudarvel

Associate Professor, Department of Management, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

P. Arun Gopalan Orcid logo ,
P. Arun Gopalan

Research Scholar, Department of Management, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu, India

R. Velmurugan Orcid logo
R. Velmurugan

Professor, Department of Commerce, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

Employee job satisfaction is a significant factor impacting job performance, organizational commitment, employee retention and service quality among banking sector. Private bankers may also have to work under performance pressures, increasing customer expectations, technology advancements, work load and work-life balance, all of which have negative effects on job satisfaction. In spite of a rising trend in job satisfaction and employee well-being at the workplace within the banking sector, there is insufficient knowledge on factors influencing the level of happiness among private bankers of Madurai. Therefore, this research aimed at finding out the job satisfaction level among private sector bank employees of Madurai and influencing factors of job satisfaction. The descriptive research design approach was adopted for collection of primary data from 227 randomly selected private sector bank employees by means of a structured questionnaire. Respondents to the questions were selected using a convenience sampling method. To analyze the data, percentages and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) analyses were conducted using IBM SPSS Statistics (version 26) and IBM AMOS (version 24). Results of the SEM indicated that the majority of respondents were aged between 26 and 35 years old (40.53%), male (59.03%), married (62.56%), and lived in urban areas (59.91%). Results indicated that organizational factors were significant influences on employee motivation (β=0.71; p<0.001) and work-life balance (β=0.64;  p<0.001). Employee motivation (β=0.58, p<0.001) and work-life balance (β=0.49, p<0.001) were also significant predictors of job satisfaction. Job satisfaction (β=0.42, p<0.001) was also significantly related to organizational factors. The model had a good fit to the data (CMIN/DF= 2.24; GFI = 0.92; CFI = 0.95; TLI = 0.94; RMSEA= 0.051; SRMR = 0.046). The research suggests that there are many elements influencing employees’ levels of job satisfaction within private banks. These include the support offered by the organization, the motivation of the employee, and a favorable work-life balance. Employees who receive enhanced HR practices in the areas of compensation, career advancement, leadership support, and welfare will have greater levels of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and productivity than those employees who do not benefit from these enhanced HR practices.

References

1.
Siddque M, Khan NA, Khuwaja B, Laghari N. The Influence of organizational ethics on employee work performance by intervening organizational commitment and Job satisfaction. International Research Journal of Management and Social Sciences. 2022 Jun 30;3(2):99-110.
2.
Thavaraj S, Vanniarajan T. Job Satisfaction Among Bank Employees in Public and Private Sector Banks in Madurai District, Tamilnadu, India. Elsevier BV; 2015.
3.
Begum H, Mehtaj M, Babu MA, Khatun MS. Determinants of Employee Job Satisfaction: An Empirical Analysis of the Banking Sector in Bangladesh. International Journal of Science and Business. 2023;25(1):229-44.
4.
Thangamayan S, Sudha S, Chithirairajan B, Sugumar SN, Chandrachud S. Economic Conditions of Govt and Private Bus Drivers in Madurai, with Special Reference to Tamilnadu. Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development. 2019 May 1;10(5):94.
5.
Bhardwaj A, Mishra S, Jain TK. An analysis to understanding the job satisfaction of employees in banking industry. Materials Today: Proceedings. 2021 Jan 1; 37:170-4.

Citation

This is an open access article distributed under the  Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (CC BY-NC) License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 

Article metrics

Google scholar: See link

The statements, opinions and data contained in the journal are solely those of the individual authors and contributors and not of the publisher and the editor(s). We stay neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.