Impact of Institutional Factors on Employee Satisfaction of Management Assistants University of Ruhuna

Employee satisfaction is a key element among other physical resources in an organization for achieving its goals and objectives in the competitive environment. Employees’ satisfaction is significant since it has been reported that satisfied workers perform well. However, how the management assistants’ satisfaction is decided in a university environment has not been studied in the Sri Lankan context. The main objective of this study is to examine the extent to which Management/Supervision, Organizational/Working conditions, Salary, and Training opportunities, impact management assistants’ satisfaction. The research design was explanatory quantitative. The population of this study consisted of the total number of Management Assistants in the state higher education sector in Sri Lanka, of which 100 Management Assistants were drawn as the sample. The sample was selected by using a simple random sampling method. The data collection was done through a self-administered questionnaire. Correlation and Regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The study found that there was a positive impact of Training and Physical environment on employee satisfaction. Salary and Management/Supervision were less impact on employee satisfaction compared to the training and physical environment.