The Profile Characteristics and the Level of Job Satisfaction of the Scientists Working in SKRAU and RAJUVAS Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

Rishi Dev Jaryal, Arvind Kumar Jhajharia and Shiwani Bhadwal

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2022, vol. 40, issue 10, 8

Abstract: Human Resource Management is an integral part of any organization pertaining to the management of human capital and their relationship with the enterprise. Its major objective is to pool together an effective organization of its employees who staff the organization and motivating each one of them to contribute their best to the success of the organization. In an enterprise, every single individual is important to it. Therefore, it becomes necessary to pay attention towards the feeling that an employee has towards his or her organization. For an organization to succeed, its employees must feel happy and satisfied at work. This is one of the most neglected aspects and not many studies have been done in order to elicit the attention towards how satisfied the employees of an organization are. This study takes into consideration two agricultural organizations: 1. Swami keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University (SKRAU) and 2. Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (RAJUVAS) both located in the city of Bikaner in Rajasthan for assessment of Job satisfaction imperative to ascertain whether or not the scientists working under these universities are happy with their work environment. As respondents, 67 scientists from SKRAU and 53 scientists from RAJUVAS were selected by proportionate random sampling constituting a total of 120 respondents. Ex-post facto research design was used. An Interview schedule was prepared and the results of the study concluded that majority of the respondents were males, belonged to Middle age group, had Ph.D. as their highest educational qualification, medium level of annual income, medium level of job experience rural background, were married, living in nuclear families and in govt. quarters. Majority of them used own vehicle as the mode of transport and were Assistant Professors. Their job satisfaction was assessed in terms of three aspects: general determinants, administrative determinants and supportive determinants. Majority of the scientists were having medium level of satisfaction followed by high and low levels respectively.

Keywords: Labor; and; Human; Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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