Job Characteristics and Job Satisfaction: Basis for Enhanced Intrinsic Job Motivation Program of Employees in some Catholic Institutions in the Philippines

Drawing upon the Job Characteristics Model (Hackman&Oldham, 1975) and the fact that employees can be motivated without necessarily spending money, the study focused on proposing a program for an enhanced intrinsic motivation in the workplace by highlighting, articulating and assessing the job characteristics and job satisfaction of the 228 respondents in the four Catholic institutions within Metro Manila. Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS, 1976) and the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaires (MSQ, 1977) were used to measure the Job Characteristics and Job Satisfaction of the respondents, respectively. The respondents were only those on regular employment and non-academic. Results indicated that although there is some remarkable difference in the job characteristics and job satisfaction of the respondents (the two measurable variables) yet there is a 2-tailed correlation between them. A program for the enhancement of an intrinsic motivation was proposed from the analyzed results.