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What variables explain variation in job satisfaction among municipal government employees? Using data from a recent survey of over 1,200 full-time municipal employees, this research tests the relative influence of 11 environmental variables and 3 demographic factors on variation in job satisfaction among this rarely studied group of employees. The regression analysis revealed that environmental factors such as promotional opportunities, pay and benefits satisfaction, performance appraisal satisfaction, equipment and resources, training, workload, supervisory relationships, and most important of all, departmental esprit de corps were significantly, and positively, related to overall job satisfaction. In contrast, demographic variables were relatively poor predictors of job satisfaction. Over 50 percent of the variation in job satisfaction among municipal employees is explained using this model.

The results of a 1999 survey of 200,000 municipal employees in the Midwest are discussed. Regression analysis is used to test the relative influence of 11 environmental variables & 3 demographic factors on variation in job satisfaction among local government employees. Over 50 percent of the variation in job satisfaction among municipal employees is explained using this model. Job satisfaction is determined by organizational factors, promotional opportunities, pay, & fringe benefits, but mainly departmental pride. Further research is required to apply these findings to the general population of municipal employees. 3 Tables, 80 References. R. Whyte