A Study of Job Satisfaction amongst Bank Employees of Privatized and Nationalized Banks

Background: Job satisfaction is an attitude that employees have about their work and is based on numerous factors, both intrinsic and extrinsic to the individual. Job satisfaction has some relation with the mental health of the people. It spreads the goodwill of the organization. It reduces absenteeism, labor turnover and accidents. Materials and Methods: The sample consists of 60 bank employees of which 30  are of private sector bank employees and another 30 are of Nationalized bank employees, [both contains 15 males and 15 females] with more than 5 year experience in Ahmedabad. Job Satisfaction Measurement scale developed and standardized by Dr. Amar Singh and Dr. T.R. Sharma is used. Results: Results show that there is no significant difference in job satisfaction amongst males and females from private sector bank while males have more job satisfaction than females from nationalized banks. Overall, employees from nationalized banks have more job satisfaction than private sector bans. Conclusion: Job satisfaction level in nationalized bank employees is more than that in private sector bank employees.