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INTRODUCTION

Modern banking legislations was born in an era of bank failures and economic depression which forced banking institutions and government to fundamentally restructure the financial markets. New management, accounting, auditing and reporting requirements emerged, and regulatory bodies were established to monitor the financial aspects of these institutions.

More recently, the number of techniques that investment bankers have been expected to master has increased. The turbulence generated by this relatively complex and evolving operational environment where investment bankers face increased performance pressures, role diffusion and job stress could potentially manifest itself through job dissatisfaction (Gianakis and McCue, 1997).

Job satisfaction is an important theoretical and practical concept because it may affect the capacity of the job incumbent to perform effectively and to deal with job demands successfully. Low job satisfaction, at the organizational has been linked to decreased task performance, increased absenteeism,