Personal Factors and Job Satisfaction of the Employees in a Metal Industrial Factory in Samut Sakhon Province

Abstract

“Personal Factors and Job Satisfaction of the Employees in a Metal Industrial Factory in Samut Sakhon Province” was a survey research. The objectives of this study were to study1) job Satisfaction of the employees in a metal industrial factory in Samut Sakhon Province. 2) the effects of personal factors (gender, generation and work position) on Job Satisfaction among of the employees in a metal industrial factory in Samut Sakhon Province and 3) To study the relationship between age, work experience, and the subscales of job satisfaction among of the employees in a metal industrial factory in Samut Sakhon Province.The sample for this research consisted of total 42 employee including 20 factory employees, 18 administrative employees, 2 sales officers, 1 employee who works in both factory and administrative officer and 1 security guard. The sample were selected by the method of sample random sampling. The questionnaire was a 20-item questionnaire which had a reliability of 0.91. The statistics used to analyze the data were arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t-test and Pearson’s correlation. The results of this study indicated that 1) there was not a statistically significant difference in job satisfaction between male workers and female workers. 2) there was not a statistically significant difference in job satisfaction between generation X and Y workers. 3) there was not a statistically significant difference in job satisfaction between factory workers and administrative workers and 4) the results showed that there were significantly positive correlated among some of the subscales of job satisfaction.