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Happiness and Job Satisfaction:An Empirical Study in Public Sector Undertaking
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Happiness is viewed as a major positive organizational behavior construct. The present study tests the prediction that happiness and job satisfaction are significantly interrelated. In addition to this objective, male and female employees in an public sector undertaking are compared with respect to these variables. The predicted pattern of interrelationship among variables is supported. However there is no significant group difference. The findings are explained in the light of current conceptualizations of happiness and job satisfaction. Major implications are also suggested for intervention programmes.
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Happiness, Job Satisfaction, Positive Organizational Behavior.
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