In past decades organizations have been facing a growing dilemma regarding human
resources management, and facing the challenge of achieving satisfaction. Due to the growing
importance of this topic coupled with organization’s goal to ensure the working conditions that
would contribute to work satisfaction, the Municipality of Črnomelj executed a survey among its
employees. The survey was conducted as part of the research for this thesis. Its objective was to
gain insight into the level of job satisfaction among the employees at the administration of the
Municipality of Črnomelj and use those findings to devise of ways to improve work satisfaction
as well as to convince the municipal leadership to make such surveys part of the regular
agenda. The goal of this thesis was to consult foreign and Slovenian literature on the researched
topic in order to form a theoretical basis for understanding the concept of job satisfaction among
the employees, to relate it to the Municipality of Črnomelj, its organizational structure, and its
human resources capital, and to present the facets and factors that affect job satisfaction, and
the findings on the factors affecting job satisfaction at the Municipality of Črnomelj. The
methods used to achieve said goal were mainly the descriptive method used for studying the
topic and reviewing literature, and a survey used to conduct research.
The results of the survey showed that employees were most satisfied with aspects related to career
and personal development, work environment and general satisfaction, and least satisfied
with aspects related to communication and interpersonal relationships. Proper communication
and positive interpersonal relationships lead not only to greater employee satisfaction, but also
to better functioning of the association as such. From a practical point of view, research
findings can be useful for the organization from the aspect of providing leadership with
the insight into the current level of job satisfaction and the importance of the factors affecting
it, specifically on each individual factor affecting job satisfaction among the employees.
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