Job Satisfaction and Work Engagement: A Study Using Private Sector Bank Managers

In today’s dynamic environment, organizations face difficulties in retaining their talented employees. Although there are several studies that link job satisfaction with work engagement, a closer examination is needed to understand whether it is intrinsic or extrinsic job satisfaction that enhances work engagement. This shows that the job satisfaction is the key driver of work engagement. So, the purpose of this article is to study the level of job satisfaction among the managers at various hierarchical levels of private sector banks in India and also to study the relationship between job satisfaction and work engagement among managers at various hierarchical levels. This study follows the descriptive research design, and data were collected by standardized questionnaire developed by Minnesota and by Schaufeli’s Satisfaction Questionnaire, and data were collected from the 148 managers at various hierarchical levels working in private sector banks in India. To attain the objectives, the descriptive statistics and regression analysis have been used. The results show that the managers who are working in private sector banks are more satisfied with intrinsic job satisfaction rather than extrinsic job satisfaction and also found that there is positive relationship between job satisfaction and work engagement among managers at various hierarchical levels of private sector banks in India. The limitation of this study is data were collected at a single point of time. Stakeholders of this study include private sector bank managers at various hierarchical levels and human resource managers of organizations having hierarchical management system where management is focused toward employee satisfaction and retention in the organization. Consultation agencies dealing in human resource practices, research agencies, and research scholars are other stakeholders as it will be literature for further studies