Abstract:
Entrepreneurs, public companies seek to maintain employees longer within the company and one of the concerns
for them what actions should be taken that an employee would be satisfied. One raised hypothesis is that
appropriate competencies have a positive impact on job satisfaction. The paper seeks to identify the relationship
between employee competencies and job satisfaction. In order to achieve this aim, first of all, elements of job
satisfaction were examined in two-target groups—British and Lithuanian employees. Later on main competencies
of these two groups were determined and, finally, connections between general, separate competencies and job
satisfaction were identified. Minnesota Job satisfaction and General Competencies questionnaires were used in this
research. The research revealed that Lithuanian employees’ are exclusively effected by the physical working
environment and British by organization’s policy and commitment; an opportunity to do work that gives a benefit
and self-control; attention, wage and respect towards others. Researchers may look for new factors that influence
job satisfaction in the British and Lithuanian group of employees.
