Title: Assessing the impact of job enrichment on employees' satisfaction: perceptions of public sector employees in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Authors: Latifa AlBanki; Sherine Sherif Badawi

Addresses: Civil Service Bureau, Manama, 1066, Kingdom of Bahrain ' Management and Marketing Department, College of Business and Finance, Ahlia University, Kingdom of Bahrain

Abstract: The public sector is one of the main parts of the economy of the Kingdom of Bahrain which is currently facing an economic recession caused by reducing oil prices and raising global economic competition. Hence it is useful to evaluate the tools used for lowering costs and increasing productivity. Job enrichment is a tool that is used to develop job designs through more challenges, experiences, growth opportunities and responsibilities to employees in order to raise their satisfaction and increase their productivity with the minimum costs. This study aims to assess the impact of job enrichment application on employees' satisfaction perceived by the public sector employees of Bahrain. Furthermore, it tests the influence of demographic factors on the employees' perception of job enrichment and job satisfaction. Findings have shown that there is a positive relationship between job enrichment and employees' satisfaction according to the perceptions of public sector employees in Bahrain.

Keywords: job enrichment; employees' satisfaction; employees' perceptions; Kingdom of Bahrain; public sector.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEBANK.2019.099617

International Journal of Electronic Banking, 2019 Vol.1 No.3, pp.233 - 255

Received: 25 Jul 2018
Accepted: 18 Nov 2018
Published online: 14 May 2019 *

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