Case study on job satisfaction of subcontractors: Marine project

Rao, B Prakash; Shetty, Riya G

International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

EISSN: 2313-3724

Print ISSN: 2313-626X

Volume 4, Issue 1 (January 2017), Pages: 23-27

Title: Case study on job satisfaction of subcontractors: Marine project

Author(s): B Prakash Rao, Riya G Shetty *

Affiliation(s):

Department of Civil Engineering, MIT, Manipal University, Manipal, India

https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.01.004

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Abstract:

Job Satisfaction is one among the key factors affecting project performance. Various researchers studied the impact of various personal factors that affects the Project. In this study an attempt is made to study the level of job satisfaction of Sub-Contractors labors working in a same Marine Project. It is found in that particular project all the labors had satisfaction with Role Clarity, Friendly and helpful co-workers and Personal protective equipment provided for job performance. Labors showed dissatisfaction with difficulty of Task, salary, job security, skills to resolve conflicts and Opportunities for Promotion.

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Keywords: Job satisfaction, Dissatisfaction, Relative importance index, Labor, Role clarity

Article History: Received 29 September 2016, Received in revised form 5 December 2016, Accepted 20 December 2016

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2017.01.004

Citation:

Rao BP and Shetty RG (2017). Case study on job satisfaction of subcontractors: Marine project. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 4(1): 23-27

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