The Relationship between Job Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction of Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in South Korea

Abstract

Abstract This particular quantitative survey based research was aimed to investigate the relationship of job satisfaction and life satisfaction in addition with the demographic profile of Bangladeshi migrant workers in some of the region in South Korea. A total of 200 respondents (100 from Gimhae, 40 from Incheon and 60 from Masan) were investigated with the established demographic profile, job satisfaction and life satisfaction questionnaires. The age distribution of the respondent is showed that most of the people are in the range of 30-40 years of age (58%) whereas others (41.5%) are in the range of 20-30 years of age. The largest numbers of respondents (40%) were coming from the southern part of the Bangladesh, Khulna and the second largest (23.5%) from the capital city, Dhaka. Most of the respondents (62%) are married. The highest level of education is high school, 70%. And most of the people (62%) are doing as a manufacturer or production related work in different industry. In this study, the “α” value of job satisfaction is 0.71, and life satisfaction is 0.72 respectively. Job Satisfaction Survey (Paul E. Spector, 1985) was selected to measure job satisfaction and Life Satisfaction Survey (Thomas M. Krapu, Lynn Meinke, Lisa Kramer, Roy Friedman, and John Voda) was selected to measure life satisfaction. The multiple item questionnaires were analyzed using regression model and the results showed strong relationships between job and life satisfaction.