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A RESEARCH PROPOSAL FOR THE STUDY OF JOB SATISFACTION AMONG INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVANTS AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECRETARIAT IN NEW YORK

Concern exists in many quarters over the independence and integrity of the international civil service at the United Nations (Reymond and Mailick, 1986, pp. 135143). Political interference in both the staffing processes of the international civil service, and in the discharge by members of the service of the responsibilities assigned to the United Nations secretariats has a direct and debilitating impact on the effectiveness of the international civil service. Such political interference also has a similar indirect effect as a source of job dissatisfaction among international civil servants.

In many respects, the level of job satisfaction among international civil servants at the United Nations Secretariat in New York is the manifestation of individual reactions to jobrelated factors and organizationrelated factors that are present in almost any organization where people work. Autonomy in work, participation in decisions, interpersonal relations, and so forth affect the level of job satisfaction in any organization (Gattiker and Larwood, 1988, pp. 569591). Political pressures, impermanence in employment status, inconsistent qualification standards, and other factors that characterize the international civil service at the United Nations, however, tend to exacerbate the effects of the jobrelated factors and organizationrelated factors that are found in all organizations (Ernst, 1978, pp. 10371044).

It is proposed that a research study be conducted to examine job satisfaction among the international civil service at the United Nations Secretariat in New York. In this study, job satisfaction levels will be measured, and differences in job satisfaction levels will be analyzed in the contexts of the effects on job satisfaction levels of gender, employment status, and organizational hie...