Antecedents of Job Satisfaction: A study of Healthcare Sector S.S. Bhakar Ph.D.,Director, Prestige Institute of Management, Gwalior Archika Katiyar Research Scholar, Jiwaji University, Gwalior ABSTRACT The present study investigated factors contributing to job satisfaction of healthcare sector employee in Gwalior region. Antecedents taken for the study are: job security, bonding, motivation and employee empowerment. The questionnaire for the study was designed and data was collected. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was applied using AMOS software. The results indicated that job security and employee empowerment impacts job satisfaction while motivation and bonding don't have any impact on job satisfaction. Keywords: Job Satisfaction, Motivation, Empowerment, Job Security, Healthcare INTRODUCTION Job satisfaction is most widely researched topic and plenty of researches have been done on the topic. In spite of much research work already available, it is still popular topic among researchers because of changing business environment. As the business environment changes factors contributing to job satisfaction also changes, in this situation researches done on changed working environment can help and guide company to formulate and adopt hr policies which is best suitable for their employees. It can also be said that there is no best way to satisfy employee because as per Maslow's theory human needs also changes with time. So it becomes necessary research again and again about job satisfaction to identify the changing needs of the employees as well. Job Satisfaction Job satisfaction is an attitude which represents a positive emotional reaction to a particular job. Lock (1969) dened job satisfaction as a state of emotional happiness 150