Asian Journal of Research in Banking and Finance
  • Year: 2014
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 12

The Effects of Efficiency, Job Type and Gender on Job Alienation in State-Owned and Private Iranian Banks

aMBA student, Department of Management, University of Economic Sciences, Tehran, Iran

bBachelor of management, Department of Management, Ghazali University, Qazvin, Iran

cSupervisor of Central Bank of Iran, Banks Supervision Department, Central Bank of Iran (CBI), Tehran, Iran

Online published on 4 December, 2014.

Abstract

This study examines the effects of selected individual characteristics on state-owned and private Iranian banks employee performance and job satisfaction. Specifically, the study examines effect of efficiency, job type and gender on job satisfaction; and the effects of performance and job satisfaction on intention to leave. The study uses a sample of state-owned and private banks employees in Tehran. In this study using the job diagnostic survey standard questionnaire (JDS) for estimate job characteristics and using the Corman alienation questionnaire for estimate the alienation in state-owned and private Iranian banks employees. The hypothesized relationships are tested using T test analysis, ANOVA, Correlation coefficient and Regression Analysis. The implications of the findings and avenues for future research are delineated in the study.

Keywords

Alienation, Job complexity, Job satisfaction