Organizational Structure and Job Satisfaction: A Correlational Study of Teaching Faculty at Higher Education Level

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship between various components of organizational structure and the job satisfaction of teachers at the higher education level. There are two forms of organizational structure: organic and mechanistic. The novelty of this study is that organizational structure was assessed on a six-point basis including "work specialization, departmentalization, chain of command, span of control, centralization, decentralization, and formalization". The study was descriptive and correlational. The population included all 22 public universities of Punjab, Pakistan. A sample of 505 faculty members was selected through a two-stage sampling technique, and the response rate was n=408. Two tools were used to collect data: The Organizational Structure Survey (OSS) developed by the researcher, and the experts checked the content validity of the Organizational Structure Survey (OSS). The Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) of Spector (1994) was modified in the Pakistani context. Data were collected from seven public universities with a sample size of 505 university teachers in the Punjab region. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. The results indicated that the organizational structure of the universities was organic. The study concluded a positive relationship between all the subscales of organizational structure and teachers' job satisfaction levels. Furthermore, the overall organizational structure was also significantly related to job satisfaction.

Keywords: Organizational Structure, Job Satisfaction, Organic and Mechanistic, Content Validity