Dhillon, D. S.Yadav, Kiran2017-01-062017-01-062011http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/94838The present study was conducted to investigate the level of job satisfaction, factors affecting job satisfaction, relationship of socio-personal characteristics of agricultural scientists of selected state agricultural universities of northern region viz. PAU, GBPUAT and HAU and get suggestions to enhance their job satisfaction. The data were collected from 300 respondents, 100 from each university. The findings revealed that all the agricultural scientists were highly satisfied and fewer differences were found among the universities. HAU was significantly different from PAU and GBPUAT in most of the cases. Among the thirty determinants of job satisfaction, 13 were significantly different (p<0.05 and p<0.01) among the three universities. Herzberg’s motivator factors (p<0.05) and hygiene factors (p<0.01) revealed significant difference among the three agricultural universities. In HAU, negative significant correlation (p<0.05) was found in between job satisfaction and distance (kms) of place of posting from respondent’s permanent home. In GBPUAT the respondent’s job satisfaction significantly varied (p<0.01) in nuclear and joint families and job performance showed positive and significant correlation (p<0.01) between male (high) and female (low).In PAU Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors showed significant difference (p<0.05) and had positive correlation (p<0.05) with their service experience in relation to job performance. The findings further revealed that HAU had more training experts as compared to PAU and GBPUAT. All the three universities ranked teaching, research and extension at first, second and third place respectively and expressed their views on team work rather than work alone. Too much paper work frustrated the all respondents. In PAU and HAU, a positive correlation between the job satisfaction and job performance was found significant (p<0.01). Most of the factors of job performance varied among the three universities. The data showed that most of the Herzberg’s motivator and hygiene factors contributing the job satisfaction of agricultural scientists of HAU in comparison to PAU and GBPUAT. The respondents suggested that ongoing facilities should be worked out consistently and in few areas they should be further improved to enhance job satisfaction.enextentioneducationThesis