        111 JOB SATISFACTION IN BANKING: A STUDY OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS N.MALLIKA* Dr.M.RAMESH** ABSTRACT It is an appraisal of the perceived job characteristics and emotional experience at work. Satisfied employees have a favourable evaluation of their job, based on their observations and emotional experiences. Saleh (1981) states that job satisfaction is a feeling which is a function of the perceived relationship between all that one wants from his job/life and all that one perceives as offering or entailing. The emphasis here is on all that one wants, whether it is important for self-definition or not. Luthans (1989) states that job satisfaction is a pleasurable, or positive emotional state resulting from the appraisal of one's job, or job experience, and is the result of the employee's perception of how well the job provides those things which are viewed as important. In this study an attempt has been made to regression and correlation analysis on job satisfaction and variables among the public and private bank employees in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, India. In order to study the objective primary data were collected with a sample size of 400 which was collected at randomly. A regression and correlation methods is used for analyzing the employee’s level of job satisfaction. The researcher has provided suitable measures to the organization for satisfying the workers. Key words: job satisfaction, contributing variables, banking sectors. *Lecturer in Business Administration, Annamalai University, **Reader in Business Administration, Annamalai University. I J M © I A E M E        ! ""  ! # $%% ! &&’$( )&*++,+-)