Open AccessJOB SATISFACTION OF PHYSICIANS AND TEACHERS
Author(s) -
Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar,
Samreen Afzal,
Muhammad Arif Ali,
Nighat Haider,
Aliya Asmat
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2015.22.11.2445
Subject(s) - job satisfaction , medicine , sample (material) , scale (ratio) , duration (music) , family medicine , nursing , medical education , psychology , social psychology , physics , literature , chromatography , quantum mechanics , art , chemistry
Objectives: To determine the level of job satisfaction of physicians and teachershaving regular jobs and those having contract based jobs and to compare level of job satisfactionbetween these types of jobs and between the two professions. Study design: Cross sectionalstudy. Duration and place of study: This study was conducted with teachers and physiciansrecruited at different schools, colleges and hospitals of Faisalabad in six months from October,2008 to March 2009. Subjects and methods: A sample of 200 participants, 100 physicians(50 regular and 50 on contract basis) from public hospitals and 100 teachers (50 regular and50 on contract) from public schools and colleges was drawn through purposive convenientsampling technique. Result: In overall profession wise analysis teachers scored higher onjob satisfaction scale (m=131.98) than physicians (m=126.98). Personals having regular jobshad lower job satisfaction (m=128.52) than professionals have contract jobs (m=130.45).Conclusion: Contract based jobs carry higher levels of job satisfaction for employees than theregular based jobs.