Determinants of Satisfaction of the Employees of Local Government Units
Vol. 6, No 2, 2013
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Krzysztof Błoński Marketing Department Faculty of Economics and Management University of Szczecin, Poland |
Determinants of satisfaction of the employees of local government units |
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E-mail: kblonski@wneiz.pl
Bartłomiej Jefmański Department of Econometrics and Computer Science Faculty of Economics, Management and Tourism Wrocław University of Economics, Poland E-mail: bartlomiej.jefmanski@ue.wroc.pl |
ABSTRACT. This article attempts to identify factors influencing the satisfaction of employees of the local government units on the basis of surveys conducted. To measure satisfaction of the Local Government Units (LGU) employee there are used 23 variables scaled using an ordinal five grade scale. In order to reduce and group the number of variables an exploratory factor analysis was used. Its use allowed us to isolate four factors, which were: cooperation in the provision of services, career development stability, relationships with superiors and material working conditions. Then there was checked the fitting of the hypothetical factor model to the covariance matrix of observable variables and estimate of the parameters of the factor model using the confirmatory factor analysis.
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Received: May, 2013 1st Revision: June, 2013 Accepted: October, 2013
DOI:10.14254/2071-789X.2013/6-2/14 |
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JEL Classification: J28, C38, J45 |
Keywords: Employee satisfaction, local government units, factor analysis, Poland. |
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