The Relationship between Self-Esteem and Job Satisfaction of Personnel in Government Organizations

Abstract

In this article, the relationship between self-esteem and job satisfaction (satisfaction from the kind and the nature of work, satisfaction from the manager or supervisor, satisfaction from co-workers, satisfaction from promotion, satisfaction from salary and wages) are considered and examined. A random sample of 310 personnel in the Kerman province of Iran was selected. Two valid and reliable questionnaires, the Kruskal-Wallis test and the median test, were used in data analysis. The results indicated that there is a meaningful (significant) relationship between self-esteem and the following factors: The degree of job satisfaction; the degree of satisfaction from the kind and the nature of work; the degree of satisfaction from the manager or the supervisor; the degree of satisfaction from the co-workers; the degree of self-esteem and the degree of satisfaction from promotion; and the degree of satisfaction from salary and wages. There is no significant difference between the degree of job satisfaction and its five dimensions, in the different levels of each of the modifying variables: sex, age, salary, marriage, the number of family and the record of service.