The relationship between job satisfaction and life satisfaction among Saudi Airline employees in

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1994
The relationship between job satisfaction and life
satisfaction among Saudi Airline employees in the
Jeddah area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abeid Abdullah A. Al-Amri
Iowa State University
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The relationship between job satisfaction and life satisfaction
among Saudi Airline employees in the Jeddah area of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Al-Amri, Abeid Abdullah A., Ph.D.
Iowa State University, 1994
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The relationship between job satisfaction and
life satisfaction among Saudi Airline employees in
Jeddah area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
by
Abeid Abdullah A. Al-Amri
A Dissertation Submitted to the
Graduate Faculty in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
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Iowa State University
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1
Statement of the Problem 2
Purpose of the Study 5
CHAPTER II. REVIEW OF LITERATURE 6
Job Satisfaction 6
Maslow's theory 6
Equity theory 9
Expectancy theory 10
Herzberg's theory 12
Studies on the relation between personal
and nonpersonal characteristics and job
satisfaction 14
Life Satisfaction 18
The Relationship Between Job Satisfaction
and Life Satisfaction 26
The determinants of job satisfaction 3 3
The determinants of life satisfaction 37
Hypotheses 39
CHAPTER III. METHODOLOGY 41
Population and Sample 41
Operational Measurement 41
Job satisfaction 41
Life satisfaction 44
Job characteristics 45
Self-esteem 50
Religiosity factors 51
Data Treatment 52
CHAPTER IV. FINDINGS 56
Descriptive Findings 56
Results 7 0
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Model Revision 74
CHAPTER V. SUMMARY, DISCUSSION, IMPLICATIONS, AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH 83
Summary 83
Discussion 84
Recommendations 89
Recommendations for Future Research 91
REFERENCES 92
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 104
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LIST OF TABLES
Total of employees of Saudi Airline in 1993 3
Age of the respondents 56
Marital status of the respondents 57
Educational background of the respondents 57
Working experience of the respondents 58
Salary of the respondents 58
Nationality of the respondents 59
Job titles of the respondents 60
Religion of the respondents 60
House location of the respondents 60
Home town location of the respondents 61
Distance of the respondent's residence
from work 62
Family size of the respondents 63
Wives of the respondents 63
Practicing religious rituals 63
Leisure time of the respondents 64
Which is important to the respondents:
life or job satisfaction 65
Ratings for the general job satisfaction
scale and for the 20 MSQ subscores 66
Feelings about their job 67
Ratings for life satisfaction scale 68
Crosstabulation between life satisfaction
and job satisfaction 69