Vol. 22 No. 8 (2012)
Artículos de Investigación

Job satisfaction in a top-level educational institution of the State of Mexico

Ana Luisa Ramírez Roja
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
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Juan Pedro Benítez Guadarrama
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
Bio

Published 2012-12-30

Keywords

  • Satisfacción laboral,
  • Calidad,
  • Institución educativa,
  • directivos,
  • profesores
  • Job satisfaction,
  • quality,
  • educational institution,
  • managers,
  • teachers.

How to Cite

Ramírez Roja, A. L., & Benítez Guadarrama, J. P. (2012). Job satisfaction in a top-level educational institution of the State of Mexico. Acta Universitaria, 22(8), 33–42. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2012.376

Abstract

The investigation shows results on levels of job satisfaction in a sample of workers belonging to a top-level educational institution of the State of Mexico. The research was descriptive, cor­relational, explanatory transverse non-experimental design and performed with the universe population belonging to three categories: management and staffing, administrative and lectur­ers. In order to measure job satisfaction it was used Job Satisfaction Index (LSI*66) developed by [1]. The results showed that three of five factors predict job satisfaction and can increase levels of job satisfaction of the institution.