승진 영향요인과 직무특성이 공무원 직무만족에 미치는 영향: 중앙부처를 중심으로

For the past several decades, extant research sought to improve organizational performance by increasing job satisfaction of public officials. In doing so, most studies focused on revealing the external and internal factors that affect job satisfaction. Nevertheless, few studies examined the effect of public officials’ perception regarding the factors that affect promotion decisions in public organizations on their job satisfaction. Moreover, how job characteristics, as a single construct, affect job satisfaction has been rarely investigated. The current study investigates the effects of perceptions of promotion determinants and job characteristics on public officials’ job satisfaction. Survey data composed of 189 central government employees in the Republic of Korea was used for empirical analysis. Results reveal that the job characteristics of public officials significantly affect job satisfaction while perceptions regarding the determinants of promotion showed no meaningful relationship with job satisfaction. Implications for research and practice are offered.