Job satisfaction among counselors working at stress center—Social Development Office—in Kuwait.

Abstract

The focus of the study is to measure the job satisfaction level among Counselors working at a stress center in the Social Development Office (SDO) in Kuwait. Several research questions were presented to examine and answer the relationships of the study's variables. These questions were as follows:(a) What is the average level of job satisfaction expressed by counselors working at a stress center? (b) Is there gender difference in the average satisfaction among counselors working at a stress center? and (c) What are most predictable factors to the overall level of job satisfaction among counselors working at a stress center?Workers were asked to complete a self-report questionnaire on job satisfaction in a general scale— Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. Areas such as social service, social status, achievement, variety, and ability utilization were reported the most satisfied. Meanwhile, compensation, office policies, and supervision-human relations were least satisfied in this study.