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Relationship Between Employees’ Competencies and Job Satisfaction: British and Lithuanian Employees
Margarita Nikolajevaite, & Egle Sabaityte
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5542/2016.11.007
British Embassy Vilnius, Vilnius, Lithuania Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania
Entrepreneurs, public companies seek to maintain employees longer within the company and one of the concerns for them what actions should be taken that an employee would be satisfied. One raised hypothesis is that appropriate competencies have a positive impact on job satisfaction. The paper seeks to identify the relationship between employee competencies and job satisfaction. In order to achieve this aim, first of all, elements of job satisfaction were examined in two-target groups—British and Lithuanian employees. Later on main competencies of these two groups were determined and, finally, connections between general, separate competencies and job satisfaction were identified. Minnesota Job satisfaction and General Competencies questionnaires were used in this research. The research revealed that Lithuanian employees’ are exclusively effected by the physical working environment and British by organization’s policy and commitment; an opportunity to do work that gives a benefit and self-control; attention, wage and respect towards others. Researchers may look for new factors that influence job satisfaction in the British and Lithuanian group of employees.
competencies, employee, job satisfaction
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