JOB SATISFACTION AND WORK STRAIN SOURCES

Abstract

The subject of this study is relationship among job satisfaction and definite work strain components as well as job satisfaction prediction on base of work strain indicators. On a sample of 65 employees in a private firm of food processing industry in Skopje, two questionnaires were applied: Cooper work strain questionnaire composed of 40 items on 8 indicators as well as Russinova et ah, work satisfaction questionnaire of 55 items on 9 subscales. Negative relationship is postulated to exist between researched variables whereas work strain indicators were expected to explain significant proportions in variance of job satisfaction subscales scores. Correlative-regression analysis has confirmed mutual interaction between job satisfaction and work strain that is worth to be researched in order to improve employee well-being, quality of work life and productivity.