Int J Cur Res Rev | Vol 9 • Issue 18 • September 2017 18 Motivational and Satisfaction Level Among Medical Teachers in India: A Questionnaire Based Survey S. Zafar Abbas 1 , Shilpa Khullar 2 , Ankur Sachdeva 3 1 Associate Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, ESIC Medical College & Hospital, NH-3, NIT, Faridabad, Haryana -121001; 2 Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, ESIC Medical College & Hospital, NH-3, NIT, Faridabad, Haryana - 12100; 3 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, ESIC Medical College & Hospital, NH-3, NIT, Faridabad, Haryana - 121001. ABSTRACT Introduction: Job satisfaction is one of the most widely discussed issues in the organisational behaviour, personnel and human resource management. This study was conducted to determine the level of job satisfaction among medical teaching faculty of a teaching institution. An attempt was made to determine the factors that influence the job satisfaction of the faculty members. Materials and Methods: 64 faculty members agreed to be a part of the study. It was conducted as an opinion survey based on a pre-structured questionnaire divided into two sections: section 1– socio-demographic features of the subjects and section 2 – divided into 6 sub sections with total 19 statements (S1to S19) exploring different factors. The mean score was calculated for each of the statements. Results: 68.75% of the faculty were young (<40 years of age), majority were females (56.25%) and were at the rank of assistant professors (68. 75%).Based on the responses to the questionnaire around 61% of the faculty members were satisfied with their current job. The range of the mean score of the faculty members was from 2.16 to 4.05. The average mean score for all the statements was 3.47. Conclusion: Based on the results of the survey it can be concluded that the faculty seems to be most satisfied with the team- work and interpersonal relationships within the organisation (S5). The faculty rated their performance to be high as per their job expectations (S-9) and they considered themselves to be well equipped in terms of knowledge and skills as per their job expec- tations (S-10). They seemed to be most dissatisfied with the performance based incentives given at the college (S-17) and loan facilities offered (S-13) by the organisation. Key Words: Faculty members, Teaching institution, Job satisfaction Corresponding Author: Shilpa Khullar, E-605, front frst foor, Greater Kailash part -2, New Delhi-110048. E-mail:drshilpakhullar@gmail.com ISSN: 2231-2196 (Print) ISSN: 0975-5241 (Online) DOI: 10.7324/IJCRR.2017.9185 Received: 30.06.2017 Revised: 28.07.2017 Accepted: 25.08.2017 INTRODUCTION Job satisfaction is a complex and multifaceted concept which can mean different things to different people. 1 It is usually linked with motivation, but the nature of this relationship is not clear.It is considered more of an attitude, an internal state which could be associated with a personal feeling of achievement either qualitative or quantitative. 2 The terms job satisfaction and motivation are often but wrongly used interchangeably in verbal (and often in written) communication, however there is a clear distinction between the two. Job satisfaction is a person’s emotional response to his or her job conditions, whereas motivation is the driving force to pursue and satisfy needs. However, job satisfaction and motivation work together to increase job performance and healthcare organizations can do many things to increase job satisfaction, primarily by focusing on the motivating in- terests of existing and future staff. 3 Job satisfaction is one of the most widely discussed issues of today in terms of organisational behaviour, personnel and human resource management as well as organisational man- agement. 4 Simply stated it is the extent to which one feels good about one’s job. 4 There are three important features of job satisfaction. First, organizations should be guided by human values. Such organizations will be oriented towards treating work- IJCRR Section: Healthcare Sci. Journal Impact Factor 4.016 ICV: 71.54 Research Article