The main purpose of this study was to examine the job satisfaction of bank employees in North Cyprus. The
results show that bank employees are satisfied with their job overall as well as the intrinsic and extrinsic aspects of
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their job. The six main sources of dissatisfaction are responsibility, independence, policies and practices,
advancement, compensation and variety indicating to bank authorities that steps need to be taken to develop and
implement human resource management policies towards the improvement of the undesirable conditions and the
strengthening of the desirable conditions. For example, training and development programs can be developed to
improve the skills and knowledge of employees as well as enriching their job, contributing to the (variety) facet of
job and to help develop career paths for them thus contributing to the satisfaction of the “advancement” facet of their
job.