Requirements for Achieving Job Satisfaction Among Administrative Staff at King Saud University

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1 1Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Administration, College of Education, King Saud University.

2 2Assistant Professor, Department of Self-Development Skills, Deanship of the First Common Year, King Saud University.

Abstract

The research aims to identify the requirements and challenges of achieving job satisfaction among the administrative staff at King Saud University and to provide a proposed framework. A qualitative approach was used by analyzing the content of responses to interview questions from a sample of 41 employees, including administrative leaders and staff at the university. The results showed that to achieve motivation, attention should be given to motivational factors such as providing fairness and timely promotions, in addition to achieving motivation by focusing on health-related factors, including material and moral incentives and flexible working hours. The study also identified challenges facing motivation in achieving job satisfaction, such as differences in professional classification and job titles, and discrimination between administrative and academic staff. Among the main challenges are the lack of flexibility in working hours and the limited equal opportunities in salaries and rewards. The study presented a proposed framework for achieving job satisfaction and recommended utilizing and implementing this framework at the university.

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