A Study on the Job Satisfaction of Employees based on Social Network Analysis

Abstract. The correlation between the structural and positional factors of employees in the knowledge network and employees ’ job satisfaction and their personality traits was studied in the paper, in which a manufacture enterprise in Xi'an City is taken as an example. We found that employees ’ job satisfaction and their knowledge network centricity were positively associated; employees at the core position of the enterprises have a higher job satisfaction. In knowledge network, employees ’ performance and their knowledge network centricity are positively associated. Employees at the core position of the knowledge network have strong presentation and communication skills. Job satisfaction and employees ’ sociability, sense of responsibility are positively correlated, while their job satisfaction and their chance of taking risks are significantly negatively-correlated. When employees have a strong intention and ability of social communication, low intention of taking risks, strong sense of responsibility, they are likely to have a higher job satisfaction