The aim of this study was to investigate employees' work satisfaction at a construction company and if the employees' working position, age and length of service were the basis for differences in work satisfaction. The participants in this study included all employees (N = 116) at a Swedish medium-sized construction company and the respondents were selected through a convenience sample. To collect data, the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (Weiss, Dawis, England & Lofqvist, 1967) was used and it consists of three subscales: intrinsic, extrinsic and general work satisfaction. The study's reliability was ensured by Cronbach’s Alpha, which showed .83. Continuously, the result was obtained through a one-way ANOVA analysis for all variables. The results showed that the work position had a significant impact on intrinsic work satisfaction (p = .004) and general work satisfaction (p = .036), and that age had a significant impact on intrinsic work satisfaction (p = .009) and general work satisfaction (p = .020). The study concluded that length of service did not have a significant impact on work satisfaction (p = .550, n.s.). This suggests that work position and age are relevant factors in relation to employee's work satisfaction and since previous research has shown that work satisfaction contributes to countless benefits, these factors should not be neglected by organisations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hj-39442 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | Bergström, Matilda, Fredriksson, Hanna |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Jönköping, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, Högskolan i Jönköping, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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