Job Satisfaction of Information Technology Professionals as a Function of Personality Type (A&B)

Abstract

Job satisfaction is one of the most heavily studied topics in organizational psychology. In the simplest of terms, it is an employee’s attitude toward his or her job. There are various theories and systems which have been developed to understand human personality. Type A/B theory is once such which was used in the purview for the current research.  The study examined job satisfaction in Information Technology professionals as a function of Personality Type (A/B). The sample comprised of 120 IT professionals (60 Type A and 60 Type B) randomly selected from a leading IT organization in Hyderabad. Respondents were given Type A/B Behavioural Pattern Scale (ABBPS) (Dhar & Jain, 2002) and Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) (Spector, 1985) to measure the respective facets. The analysis revealed significant difference in favour of Type B IT professionals as was hypothesized.