TITLE:
Job Satisfaction of Employees Undergoing Public Sector Reform in Fiji
AUTHORS:
Gurmeet Singh, Neale J. Slack
KEYWORDS:
Job Satisfaction, Workforce Environment, Job Analysis, State Owned Enterprise (SOE)
JOURNAL NAME:
Theoretical Economics Letters,
Vol.6 No.2,
April
28,
2016
ABSTRACT: This study analyses job
satisfaction in the Maritime Safety
Authority of Fiji (MSAF), a public sector entity undergoing reform. Results of
this study determine that the level of MSAF employee job satisfaction by
dimension was predominantly low; employees had a low level of intrinsic
satisfaction, an average level of extrinsic satisfaction, and a low level of
general satisfaction; and employees’ level of job satisfaction was
significantly lower than the reference group. This research makes its
theoretical contribution primarily to the literature on public service job
satisfaction, and to the scarce theoretical strands relating to public service
safety organisations. A practical outcome of this research is its contribution
towards ongoing public sector reforms in Fiji in general and MSAF and the
maritime industry in particular.