A study on perception, aspiration and job characteristics of the employees in private sector banks in sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu

The study attempts to analyse the perceived and aspired job characteristics in relation to the job satisfaction of the employees of private sector banks in Sivagangai District of Tamil Nadu and to compute the difference between the perception and aspiration of job characteristics. Data were collected from a sample of 100 employees, comprising 21 officers and 79 clerks. The employee-respondents were selected at random from 5 private sector banks, having 31 branches. The result revealed that the perception of the job characteristics relating to employee-respondents shows an upswing in favour of job security, work environment and recognition. The employee-respondents aspire more for job security, recognition and job itself. They expressed dissatisfaction in relation to job itself.