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The airn of this research is tu measure job satisfaction and its effective factors among social workers in the city of Tehran. In order to achieve this goal, 134 social workers employed in the Ministry of Health. and Welfare Organization in the Ministry of Social Welfare, were studied. The result indicated that: Most social workers were moderately satisfied with their jobs. Job satisfaction of social workers was related to their marital status. Job satisfaction of social workers had a negative relation to their age. Joh satisfaction of social workers was not related to their level of education. Job satisfaction of social workers had a meaningful negative relation 10 their working experience. Job satisfaction of social workers had no relation to the kind of agent')' they were employed in. Using the result of a factor analysis, factors of job satisfaction questionnaire were divided to six factors including: Nature of the work, job promotion, management, salary and privileges, working conditions. and staff relationships. Then the portion of each factor was clarified in the job satisfaction of social workers.

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