A Comprehensive Study on Different Facets of Job Satisfaction and Intent to Leave Among Sales Workforce of Private Sector Insurance Companies with Reference to Nagpur City

• Main Authors: Smruti Patre, Dr. Anant Deshmukh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Srusti Academy of Management 2012-12-01
• Series: Srusti Management Review
• Subjects: job satisfaction; intent to leave; sales workforce; insurance sector
• Online Access: http://www.srustimanagementreview.ac.in/paperfile/891948481_A%20Comprehensive%20Study%20on%20Different%20Facets-Smruti%20Patre,%20Dr.%20Anant%20Deshmukh-Vol.%20-%20V%20%20Issue%20II%20%20July%202012.pdf

This paper attempts to study the level of job satisfaction and intent to leave the job among sales workforce of private sector insurance companies. High pressure and stressful job demands in sales workforce of insurance sector results in high attrition in this sector. Job satisfaction is one of the key parameter influencing an employee to stay on job and reducing the intent to leave. The broad objectives of the study were to examine the level of perceived job satisfaction and intention to leave the job. Findings of this study suggested that the sales workforce were on the high to moderate satisfaction level with their job in the overall ten facets of job satisfaction, whereas the intention to leave job was on the lower end of the scale.