Employee Motivation and Job Satisfaction of Faculty Members at a Multispeciality Dental College and Hospital.

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Job satisfaction is one of the most widely discussed issues in the organisational behaviour, personnel and human resource management. Teaching as an occupation requires a great deal of thoroughness and commitment hence requiring a greater degree of loyalty and mental involvement rather than physical presence. This study was conducted to determine the level of job satisfaction and employee motivation among the faculty members of ESIC Dental College and Hospital, Delhi. An attempt was made to determine the factors that influence the satisfaction and motivation level of the faculty members. Methods: 64 faculty members agreed to be a part of the study with equal numbers from the medical and dental fraternity. The study was conducted as an opinion survey on the basis of a pre-structured questionnaire divided into two sections section 1 socio-demographic features of the subjects and section 2 divided into 6 sub sections with total 19 statements (S1to S19) exploring different factors. The mean score was calculated for each of the statements separately for the two groups along with the mean average score and the mean difference between the two groups. Results: It can be seen that 50% of the faculty was young (<40 years of age), majority were females (62.5%) and were at the rank of assistant professors (68.75%). Based on the responses to the questionnaire around 61% of the faculty members were satisfied with their current job. The range of the mean score of the faculty members was from 2 to 4.18 (dental faculty 2.31 to 4.18 and medical faculty 2 to 4.5). The average mean score for all the statements was 3.47 whereas the mean difference was 0.27. Conclusion: Based on the results of the survey it can be concluded that the faculty seems to be most satisfied with the teamwork and interpersonal relationships within the organisation as well as the social schemes run by ESIC. They considered themselves to be well equipped in terms of knowledge and skills as per their job expectations. They seemed to be most dissatisfied with the loan facilities offered and with performance based incentives given at the college.