Open AccessLevel of satisfaction with their life of officials of a state university in Costa Rica
Author(s) -
Lourdes Arce Espinoza
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cuadernos de investigación uned/cuadernos de investigación uned
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1659-4266
pISSN - 1659-441X
DOI - 10.22458/urj.v7i2.1136
Subject(s) - salary , job satisfaction , life satisfaction , schedule , interpersonal communication , psychology , interpersonal relationship , quality of working life , work schedule , personal life , work (physics) , social psychology , demographic economics , political science , management , economics , engineering , law , mechanical engineering
Personal satisfaction is an indicator of life quality. Labor and country conditions have their effect, but individual factors dominate satisfaction, including family, sex life, educational level and neighborhood. I surveyed 1000 staff members of a Costa Rican public university via email. The questionnaire considered satisfaction in the personal, labor and country level. I found no gender diference in the answers, but partnered people are more satis ed that divorcees and widowers. People with steady jobs and mature age are more satis ed. Important job factors are working schedule, amount of work, salary, infrastructure and interpersonal relationships. Life satisfaction results from the interaction of the above variables, not from a single factor.