Well-Being, Happiness and Interpersonal Relationship as Correlated Components of Job Satisfaction among the Public Sector Employees of India:A Brief Detail Focused Into Gender Difference

The present study deals with gender difference in job satisfaction among the employees of public sector. Attempts were also made to assess their sense of well being, level of happiness and quality of interpersonal relationship. The sample size was 350 divided into 2 groups (male-175 and female-175). Each group was consisted respondents age ranging between 22-35 years and having minimum 2 years of job experience. The data were collected from several public sectors (educational sector, banking sector, railway sector, medical sector, non IAS-IPS sector, clerical sector and defence sector). Subjective well being inventory, Oxford happiness inventory, interpersonal relationship inventory and job satisfaction scale were administered to assess the sense of well being, level of happiness, quality of interpersonal relationship and Job satisfaction of the employees. No significant difference between the two genders has been revealed in the selected variables. Furthermore, significant correlation has been found between job satisfaction and the other selected variables for the present sample. The results of the present study can be fruitful for further research studies.