The Impact of Perceived Organizational Support on Job Satisfaction of Academic Staff

An empirical knowledge gap has been observed regarding the relationship between perceived organizational support and job satisfaction of academic staff in Eastern University, Sri Lanka. Therefore, in order to fill this empirical knowledge gap, this study was carried out with the objectives of finding out the levels of perceived organizational support and job satisfaction, explores the relationship between perceived organizational support and job satisfaction and explores the impact of perceived organization support on job satisfaction of academic staff in Eastern University, Sri Lanka. The data of this study have been collected from 141 academic staff in Eastern University, Sri Lanka through the structured questionnaire. The disproportionate stratified sampling method was used. The data were analysed with univariate and bivariate analyses using SPSS 19.0.