Impacts of Demographic Variables on Job-satisfaction of the Academicians in Universities of NWFP, Pakistan

Job satisfaction of academicians is well documented across the literature where certain leading factors of satisfaction have been researched over and over indicating that work, pay, supervision, promotion, co workers and environment collectively determines the total satisfaction of a worker/officer. However, literature also offers the evidence that employees express varying attitudes about these factors of satisfaction due to their demographic diversities. This study is a survey of academicians in the public and private universities of NWFP Pakistan, with a view to pinpointing the demographic dimensions and their influence on the job satisfaction of the academicians. Therefore, researchers are recording the demographic impacts on the job-satisfaction of the employees. Different surveys have produced a variety of results where some demographics are emerging as having significant implications while other demographics have little or no impact on the responses. Given that, real understanding about the job satisfaction of employees, like academicians, is incomplete unless the demographic differences are identified, measured and accommodated in the decision making process. To test the hypotheses of this study regarding demographic impact, t-tests and ANOVA applications were executed. The findings of the study reveal that designation, university sector and gender out of eight demographic attributes have been recorded significant in their impact on the respondent attitudes towards factors of job satisfaction. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]