Abstract:
This study examined the influence of gender on job satisfaction among
university library professionals in Sri Lanka. The survey design was adopted
for the study. The general objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of
gender differences on the level of job satisfaction among the professional
staff of the university libraries in Sri Lanka. Five parameters were
considered, namely; work, co-workers, compensation, promotion and
supervision. The population of the current study consisted of 125 library
professionals of 15 universities under the University Grants Commission in
Sri Lanka. All members of the population were given the opportunity to
participate in the study. A semi-structured questionnaire was used as the
main data collection instrument. The response rate was 64%. Cronbach's
alpha values of all variables are above 0.6 (work: 0.764, co-workers: 0.864,
compensation: 0.661, promotion: 0.614 and supervision: 0.963). The
instrument used to measure each variable in the current study is reliable and
all the items are positively correlated to one another. the mean of job
satisfaction of all aspects; work, co-workers, compensation, promotion and
supervision is higher in Females (0.9200, 0.8021, 0.6521, 0.6667, 0.7243)
than males (0.7277, 0.6406, 0.5250, 0.3854, -0.0052). The results indicated
that there is a significant difference of job satisfaction between male and
female university library professionals only in the "supervision" parameter.
The overall job satisfaction of both male and female (3.77) university library
professionals is equal. However, equal treatment to both genders will help to
achieve higher satisfaction levels. The findings of the study will be helpful
for librarians and administrators to develop a motivated and productive
workforce for organizational success.
