Job Satisfaction and Its Relationship to Professional Competence Among Government Employees in the Gaza Governorates

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the level of job satisfaction and professional competence, and the relationship between job satisfaction and professional competence according to some variables, including: (gender, age, and years of experience) among government employees in the Ministry of Social Development in the governorates of Gaza. The study sample consisted of (242) male and female employees. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the descriptive analytical approach, and the researcher built a measure of job satisfaction and a measure of professional competence, and the researcher used the statistical methods, Cronbach's alpha test and the T test for two independent samples, the arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and Pearson's correlation through the spss program: The study reached the following results: The level of job satisfaction got a relative weight (87.64%) in a medium degree, and the level of professional competence got a relative weight (46.81%) in a large degree. There is a positive correlation with statistical significance between job satisfaction and professional competence among government employees in The Ministry of Social Development in the governorates of the Gaza Strip, the recommendations of the study, There are no statistically significant differences in the level of job satisfaction attributed to the two variables of gender, while there are differences for the variable of age in favor of the less than 35 years, while there are differences in favor of the variable of years of experience in favor of the least experience of 5 years or less. There are no statistically significant differences in the level of professional competence due to the two variables of gender And age, while there are differences in favor of the variable years of experience in favor of the more experienced 15 years or more: the necessity of strengthening and adopting the heads of departments and units for the democratic style in management in all its aspects, especially investing the existing competencies among employees in an innovative and pioneering manner, improving the living conditions of employees by reviewing the salary scale, incentives and promotions because of its great impact on job satisfaction.