International Journal of Asian Social Science 2(11):1915-1924 1915 JOB SATISFACTION AMONG EMPLOYEES OF BANKS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS OF PUNJAB, PAKISTAN Rai Imtiaz Hussain 1 ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to examine job satisfaction among private and public banking sector in Punjab Pakistan and how different factors affect the job satisfaction. This research explained the factors which create the job satisfaction. These factors are supervision, job security, promotional opportunities, relationship with co-workers and pay. The result of the study shows that most of the employees in banking sector are satisfied with their job. Positive correlation was found between job satisfaction and job security, good supervision, promotional opportunities, pay and relationship with co-worker. Furthermore, Independent T-test was used to see the job satisfaction between employees of public and private sector. There was no significant difference of satisfaction between Public Sector employees and private sector employee in banking sector. Key Words: Job satisfaction, Private Banks, Public banks, Supervision, Job security, Pay, Promotional opportunities, Relationship with co-workers. INTRODUCTION A major portion of man’s life is spent in work which is a social reality which a man seems to conform. Even then the economic motive of men has not satisfied. It is of great interest to know why men work and how he/she satisfied with the job. Job satisfaction is an employee’s positive reaction toward a specific job. It is an outcome which is obtained by the comparison of actual results with the expected results (yasir at al., 2011). With the opening of economy of Pakistan many changes has been observed both in manufacturing and service concerns. Due to this employment and income level increases, consumption pattern 1 Department of Management Sciences University of Education Lahore (Okara Campus) Pakistan E-mail: rai_imtiaz_hussain@ue.edu.pk International Journal of Asian Social Science journal homepage: http://www.aessweb.com/journal-detail.php?id=5007