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Effect of managerial functions on the level of satisfaction of new employees

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Summaya Hqqi BBA Department of Business administration IQRA University, Karachi.

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The issue of Job Satisfaction, Motivation in the workplace and the role of Job Characteristics have been the cause of intensive research for many years now and have given rise to many theories. It is often assumed that all people receive satisfaction by the same things. Actually a whole range of factors satisfies employees. The way supervisors treat their subordinates is obviously very important. The four dimensions of management that are researched upon in this paper are planning, organizing, controlling and motivating. All these management functions, as the hypotheses suggests, effect the job satisfaction of employees. A total of hundred bank employees were surveyed to identify what factors have a greater effect on their level of job satisfaction. To achieve this, a regression model was developed based on the dependent and independent variables. The model identified that out of the four independent variables, planning and motivating have a significant effect on the level of satisfaction of employees .

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Employees job satisfaction Effect of managerial functions on the level of satisfaction of employees
Managers have to perform many roles in an organization and they need to handle various situations, which will depend on their style of management. A management style is an overall method of leadership used by a manager but managers must adjust their styles according to the situation that they are presented with as well as the relationship behavior (amount of support required) and the task behavior (amount of guidance required) Job satisfaction emerges from a variety of factors, including characteristics of the organizational environment, specific features of the job, and the personal characteristics of the worker. Higher job satisfaction has been linked with employees who are able to exercise autonomy (Sekaran 1989) and with those who have a higher level of job involvement (Mortimer and Lorence 1989). a considerate supervisor who treats his workers as human beings, respects their dignity, is prepared to help them is respected. (Parkinson, Rustomji & Sapre, 1986) Similarly, participation in the decision-making process (planning) can increase job satisfaction (Parkinson, Rustomji & Sapre, 1986). Within superior-subordinate exchanges, subordinates' perceptions of the exchange affect their attitudes about the job itself (Wesolowski & Mossholder, 1997). A questionnaire was designed to carry out the survey. Each participant was handed out a questionnaire that consisted of various questions inquiring them about the practices of their supervisors and its subsequent effect on their level of job satisfaction Based on the arguments above the following hypotheses were developed Level of satisfaction increases when subordinates are involved in the planning process by their supervisors. Level of satisfaction increases when subordinates are involved in the organizing process by their supervisors. Level of satisfaction of subordinates decreases when the supervisors implement high level of control. Level of satisfaction increases when the supervisors motivate their subordinates.

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public recognition, and/or participation (Business Balls, n.d.). Once this is identified, then it would become a lot easier to direct them towards what is required of them, in this case efficiency and effectiveness.

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Participants were selected from the newly hired employees of different banks who had one year or less job experience with the same organization. Materials

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This was the study of a stochastic relationship, the level of job satisfaction was measured, with relation to the job experience, & managerial behavior to new employees

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so no particular materials were required or used. A questionnaire was used as a tool of primary data collection, from the respondents.

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Participants were given the questionnaire individually. After giving informed consent, each participant completed a general demographic/personal history questionnaire to collect information such as age, gender, details of job activities, and job tenure with the company. The questionnaires were recollected after being filled by the respondents and the data has been transferred to the computer software for further statistical analysis.
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A multiple regression model was used to determine the relationship between the independent variables i.e. planning (PLN), organizing (ORG), controlling (CTRL) & motivating (MTV), and the dependent variable i.e. job satisfaction (SAT) of employees. A scale was developed, 3 being the highest, and 1 being the lowest score, to measure the practices of the supervisors independent variable. Summary of the model in table 3, indicates R Square value of 0.294 with F statistics value of 11.301 significant at 0.000. It means that the model (independent variables: planning, organizing, controlling & motivating) has explained almost 30 per cent of the influencing factors that affect job satisfaction. However, this also indicates a 70 per cent unexplained variation, showing that there are some significant variables missing in the model. This may call for a further study in the same area. The significance of F value suggests that the model calculation of R Square is correct.

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Table 4 shows Sum of Squares for the total variance of the phenomena, i.e. 3264.640, with regression showing variance explained by the model framed in this research. Mean while, the residual value depicts the variance unexplained by the model. The F statistics value of 11.301 has a significance of 0.000. The t value states the significance of the parametric values. While, Sig of t, shows that planning and motivating are the two functions that have greater impact on the level of satisfaction of employees with a significance of 0.047 and 0.000 respectively. Where as, organizing and controlling have a significance of 0.808 and 0.297 respectively which states that these two variables do not contribute immensely to the level of satisfaction of employees.

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After surveying hundred bank employees using a questionnaire based on managerial functions and its subsequent effect on the level of satisfaction of employees, a

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organizing and controlling have a significance of 0.808 and 0.297 respectively which states that these two variables do not contribute immensely to the level of satisfaction of employees.

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After surveying hundred bank employees using a questionnaire based on managerial functions and its subsequent effect on the level of satisfaction of employees, a regression model was formulated to determine what functions (independent variable) have a greater effect on the level of satisfaction (dependent variable). The results partially supported the hypotheses that the level of satisfaction of employees is affected by the four managerial functions: planning, organizing, controlling & motivating. Employees are considered to be more receptive when their supervisors engage them in the planning process and/or provide them with incentives to enhance their work performance. Where as when supervisors demonstrate control over their subordinates, and/or pursue more organizing techniques, it results in lower level of job satisfaction of employees. The way supervisors treat their subordinates is obviously very important. A supervisor who tries to dominate his workers and insults them only creates bitterness. On the other hand, a considerate supervisor who treats his workers as human beings, respects their dignity, is prepared to help them is respected. (Parkinson, Rustomji & Sapre, 1986) Similarly, participation in the decision-making process (planning) can increase job satisfaction (Parkinson, Rustomji & Sapre, 1986). Within superior-subordinate exchanges, subordinates' perceptions of the exchange affect their attitudes about the job itself (Wesolowski & Mossholder, 1997). Besides the four researched factors, there are various other variables that have a significant effect on the level of satisfaction of employees. Table 2 provides a summary of the model. It indicates the R Square value of 0.294 with F statistics value of 11.301 significant at 0.000, meaning that the model has explained almost 30 per cent of the influencing factors that affect job satisfaction. The significance of F value suggests that the model calculation of R Square is correct. The table also indicates that there is a 70 per cent unexplained variation, showing that there are almost 70% other unexplained variables present that may have a significant effect on the level of satisfaction of employees that are not touched upon in this research.
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