Moodliar, Desigan2011-05-192011-05-192011-05-19http://hdl.handle.net/10539/9851MBA - WBSHuman Resources (HR) practioners embark on numerous initiatives in order to make the workplace more effective and to help employees become more productive and satisfied. However there is some doubt as to whether these initiatives are as effective as they could be. The objective of this study was to identify and rank the factors that impact job satisfaction in South Africa and to establish whether employee preferences of these factors differed significantly across the demographics of gender, generation, race and organisational level. Twenty-two job satisfaction variables were identified and investigated. The main findings of this research are that employees desire to be passionate about the work that they do and they want to be remunerated well. In addition employees desire acknowledgement for their contribution, the opportunity to grow and develop around a leader that they can look up to and colleagues with whom they can have good relations. A total of 18 significant differences across the demographics of gender, generation, race and organisational level were identifiedenJob satisfactionHuman resourcesThesis