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Job satisfaction in a chemical factory

Southern African Business Review

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Title Job satisfaction in a chemical factory
 
Creator van Schalkwyk, L
Rothmann, S
 
Subject job satisfaction, chemical factory, language, age, job level
 
Description Subjective well-being is regarded as an important goal given thepositive outcomes thereof for individuals. Job satisfaction is animportant indicator of the subjective well-being of individuals. Theobjectives of this study were to evaluate the use of the MinnesotaSatisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ) for diff erent language groupsworking in a chemical factory, and to investigate the relationshipbetween job satisfaction and demographic variables. The studywas carried out with a sample (N = 583) representing diff erent joblevels in a chemical factory. The 20-item MSQ and a biographicalquestionnaire were administered. The results confi rmed that jobsatisfaction consists of two internally consistent factors, namelyextrinsic and intrinsic job satisfaction. The factorial invariance ofthe MSQ was confi rmed for African languages and an Afrikaansand English group. Language was the only demographic variablethat statistically signifi cantly predicted extrinsic job satisfaction.Intrinsic job satisfaction was statistically signifi cantly predicted bytwo demographic variables, namely age and qualifi cation.
 
Publisher College of Economic and Management Sciences (UNISA)
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2012-05-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sabr/article/view/76388
 
Source Southern African Business Review; Vol 14, No 3 (2010)
1998-8125
1561-896X
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sabr/article/view/76388/66845
 
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