Promotion As Job Satisfaction, A Study On Colleges Of Muscat, Sultanate Of Oman

Abstract

The study examines the degree to which Academic staffs working in higher educational institutes experience a different level of job satisfaction from promotion. This empirical literature on Job Satisfaction is positively associated with the colleges in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. The present research Paper was conducted by using Paul Spector’s (JSS) job satisfaction Survey Questionnaire. Reliability Analysis, Mean, Standard Deviation test were analyzed from received data. The present Research Finding Indicates that Academic teaching employees where satisfied with the promotion, there was a significant differences in the level of satisfaction. The present paper suggests that more focus should be given to the area of less-satisfied parameters. Hoping that this research will encourage the higher education institutes of Muscat, Sultanate of Oman to provide a necessary step to satisfy their academic staff by promoting them according to their teaching levels or skill or by their contribution in bringing effectiveness to the students as well as to the Institutes. Five colleges were selected for the research study on proportionate stratified random basis. A total 180 questionnaires was administered through human resource managers, out of which 155 filled in questionnaires are received back and then the data is analyzed. The analysis shows that promotion has a modest and positive effect on job satisfaction.

Keywords: Job satisfaction, Promotion, Academic Staffs, Higher Educational Institutes.