International Journals Of Research in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management
Open Access
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue: 3

The Relationship between Employees’ Participation and Job Satisfaction in Regional Electricity Company of Iran

  • Author:
  • Roya Hashemi1,, Hadi Zeraat Pisheh1, Kohyar Sharifizadeh2, Elham Panahi3
  • Total Page Count: 16
  • Page Number: 32 to 47

1Master Student, Public Management, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran

2Master of Business Administration, Payam Noor University, Iran

3Master of Educational Management, Special Educational Zone, Mahshahr, Iran

*Corresponding author. E-mail address: r_hashemi@live.com

Online published on 24 October, 2013.

Abstract

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between participation and job satisfaction of 644 employees in the regional electricity company of Fars and Bushehr provinces of Iran. This study is a descriptive-correlation survey. The main instrument for data collection is questionnaire. 389 employees were selected randomly as statistical sample. Factors analysis and the findings show that respondent' scores on the main variables, i.e. job satisfaction and participation, is above the average level, in our context of Iranian employees. The overall conclusion from this study indicates that job satisfaction of employees has a significant positive influence on employees’ participation.

Keywords

Job Satisfaction, Employees Participation, Iran