Anxiety and job satisfaction

ABSTRACT

The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between anxiety and job satisfaction. A job satisfaction questionnaire and IPAT Anxiety Scale were administered to a sample of 25 male and 25 female employees. The Pearson Product Coefficient of Correlation was computed for the whole group, as well as for the males and females separately. Although inverse relation was found for all the 3 groups yet the result was significant only for the male workers. Further the differences between male and female employees was insignificant for job satisfaction as well as for anxiety. When job satisfaction of moderately anxious group was compared with high anxious group, again the result was insignificant