studying the factors affecting job satisfaction of employees of semnan health centers

job satisfaction of employees is one of the most challenging concepts in any organization and is the basis for many of the policies and management strategies to increase productivity and efficiency. it is influenced by many factors including environmental and personal factors, income, nature and social status of the job, organizational prestige, promotion, job security, lack of role ambiguity, and physical job conditions co-workers. this study was carried out to determine the factors affecting job satisfaction employees of semnan health center's to meet the challenges and increase efficiency. this is a cross-sectional study carried out in 2013, over 93 employees with a employment history of over 2 years. method and data collection was through job descriptive inventory (job descriptive index); data was collected and analyzed using spss16. the results of questionnaire analysis in seven items regarding job satisfaction, show satisfaction supervision and leadership (77.2%), management policy (77%), job stability (63.4%), environmental conditions (59.6%), cross-relation between co-workers (58.6%), salary and benefits (53.4%) and opportunities for growth, development and promotion (53.2%). based on evaluated items, the overall job satisfaction in this study was moderate. thus, in terms of job satisfaction, it seems that different factors affective in different ratios. job satisfaction is not only very important by itself, but also important concerning its impact on other aspects of the job attitude. in fact, by increasing job satisfaction, other aspects of job attitudes such as organizational commitment, job involvement and organizational atmosphere can be improved. this point can also be seen in proposed models and research carried out by professionals in this field.