Distance education particularly the IT based distance learning is a fast growing concept in the academic world. The employees working in such distance learning institutions have certain issues that need to be investigated. One important such issue the job satisfaction of employees. Job satisfaction of employees can be investigated through several variables. Job satisfaction is equally important in all the organizations including the face to face and distance learning organizations. Distance learning organizations differ from face to face as the supervisor and the employees happen to be seated hundreds of miles away from each other. They do not even have a facial know how or interaction with each other. This distance create certain differences in the culture and the facial anonymity also has an impact on the supervisor support and other issues as well. This study intended to analyze the impact of organizational culture, organizational communication and supervisor support on the job satisfaction of the employees working in the IT based distance learning institutions of Pakistan. These variables are so selected because the employees working in such organizations happen to be seated away from supervisor and one another as well. A survey was conducted for this purpose in which data was collected through online questionnaire and data processed through regression analysis. Findings of the study revealed that all the three variables including organizational culture, organizational communication and supervisor support has a positive impact on the job satisfaction of employees working in the IT based distance learning organizations.

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组织文化，组织沟通和主管支持对巴基斯坦在线IT远程学习机构中员工的工作满意度的影响

远程教育，尤其是基于IT的远程学习，在学术界正在迅速发展。在这样的远程学习机构中工作的员工有某些问题需要调查。一个重要的问题就是员工的工作满意度。员工的工作满意度可以通过几个变量进行调查。在包括面对面和远程学习组织在内的所有组织中，工作满意度同样重要。远程学习组织的面对面有所不同，因为主管和员工恰好坐在相距数百英里的地方。他们甚至没有面部知识，也没有彼此的交流。这种距离在文化上造成了一定的差异，面部匿名也影响了上司的支持和其他问题。这项研究旨在分析组织文化，组织沟通和主管支持对在巴基斯坦基于IT的远程学习机构中工作的员工的工作满意度的影响。选择这些变量是因为在这样的组织中工作的员工正好坐在主管和其他主管之间。为此目的进行了一项调查，其中通过在线调查表收集数据，并通过回归分析处理数据。研究结果表明，所有三个变量包括组织文化，