THE RELATIONSHIPBETWEEN NEUROTICISM AND JOB SATISFACTION

Objective: In the narrowest sense job satisfaction is related with positive, emotional attachment of an individual to work. Greater number of researches consider that the job satisfaction include greater number of factors. On the other side the results of several studies show that there is a tendenc...

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Main Author: Numanovic Almedina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association of medical doctors Sanamed Novi Pazar 2013-12-01
Series:Sanamed
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Online Access:http://www.sanamed.rs/sanamed_pdf/sanamed_8_2/THE_RELATIONSHIP_BETWEEN_NEUROTICISM_AND_JOB_SATISFACTION.pdf
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Summary:Objective: In the narrowest sense job satisfaction is related with positive, emotional attachment of an individual to work. Greater number of researches consider that the job satisfaction include greater number of factors. On the other side the results of several studies show that there is a tendency towards higher positive correlations between different factors of job satisfaction suggesting the existence of one general factor towards work environment. Aim: The aim of the study was to determine the correlation between neoroticism and job satisfaction of teachers. Socio-demographics characzeristisc were also compared. Material andMethod: The study included 90 teachers, 44 (48,89%) male and 46 (51,11%) female, of primary school in Novi Pazar. The degree of neuroticism was measured using the test of general neuroticism, Cornell index, and job satisfaction using Questionnaire to test satisfaction with workplace and organization. Results: The obtained results show that there is moderate connection between neoroticism and job satisfaction. On the test of neuroticism, men showed far greater degree of neuroticism, both men and women showed the same degree of job satisfaction. On the CI-N4 test the older employees showed the higher degree of neuroticism than younger employees. Conclusion: It was discovered that there is a positive correlation between neuroticism and job satisfactions, in other words, as the person is more satisfied with job, neurotic symptoms are more expressed.
ISSN:1452-662X
2217-8171