An Analysis of Hygiene and Motivational Factors in Relation to Job Satisfaction in a Work-from-Home Context: A Case of an Exporting Organisation in Sri Lanka

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify how motivational and hygiene factors influence overall job satisfaction based on a case study of the executive staff of an organisation that adopted Work from Home during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many organisations were forced to establish Work from Home practices to ensure business continuation without much prior experience on how the practice could affect the overall job satisfaction of the employees. The study was conducted through a survey among the executive-level staff. Results revealed that hygiene and motivational factors showed positive correlations to overall job satisfaction at different strengths. The correlations were observed to be different among males and females and overall, the motivational factor Growth and the hygiene factor Working Conditions showed the strongest correlation to overall job satisfaction over the others, and the regression analysis revealed that only these two factors were significant in predicting the overall job satisfaction.