A Study of Hrm Culture & Employees' Job Satisfaction in Industries, Tamilnadu

A STUDY OF HRM CULTURE & EMPLOYEES' JOB SATISFACTION in INDUSTRIES, TAMILNADU

Submitted to the

Madurai Kamaraj University

for the award of the Degree of

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

By

Dorothy, M.A.,

CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENUERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

No 5, South Street Extension

Singarayar Colony

Madurai - 625 002

Under the Guidance of

Dr. J. Jack Foreyster, M.A.,Ph.D

Reader, Institute of Social Sciences

Madurai, India

APRIL 2001

DECLARATION

I declare that " Study Topic " is my own work, that has not been submitted before for any degree or any other examination in any other university, and that all the sources I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged as complete reference. It is submitted for the award of Ph.D at the Madurai Kamaraj University.

Full Name:

Date: 15 November 2005

Signed.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I place on record my sincere gratitude to my Research Supervisor " Dr. " for his valuable guidance and untiring efforts.

I would also like to thank my statistician Karl Heslop for his motivation and encouragement and assisting me in analyzing my data. I am grateful for his guidance, support, in developing me as a student in Industrial Psychology.

I also record my gratitude to all the respondents of the study.

TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE NUMBER

Chapter I - Introduction 3

Chapter II - Review of Literature 12

Chapter III - Research Methodology 25

Chapter IV - Analysis & interpretation 32

Chapter V - Recommendations 156

Annexure - (i) Questionnaire

(ii) Reference

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE NO. PAGE NO

Table 4.1: Descriptive statistics for the dimensions of Job Satisfaction 72

Table 4.2: Descriptive statistics for the dimensions of Organisational

Commitment 73

Table 4.3: Pearson correlation matrix for the dimensions of Job Satisfaction 75

Table 4.4: Pearson correlation between job satisfaction and Biographical

Variables 76

Table 4.5: Pearson correlation between Job Satisfaction and Organisational

Commitment 77

Table 4.6: Pearson correlation between Organisational Commitment and

Biographical Variables 78

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Human Resource Management is a function, which is mainly concerned with people at work and with their relationship within the organization. It is the resource, which plans, allocates and provides for all other resources in organization. It is a concept, which is gaining importance in the modern industrial world. Many of the organizations have come forward to give special attention towards developing their human resources as they have realized the fact that "man behind the machine should be given importance". 'HRM is an activity that should not and cannot be viewed in isolation. It is a part of the total organizational environment, is conditioned by it and in turn conditions it' (Sorab Sadri and Pranabesh Ray, 1993). The role of the human resource function is dramatically changing and has systematically gained prominence in the organization.

CONCEPTS