The study is within the domain of psychology and human behavior and the researcher does not pretend to be psychologist and behaviorist but the researcher uses their theories particularly self-determination theory to develop an understanding of the needs of the faculty and employees. Using the self-determination theory as the conceptual framework, the study would like to investigate the basic psychological need satisfaction and how does it affect the work engagement. Therefore, it is necessary for the management to identify what are the needs of employees that drive them to work. When they are satisfied, they perform well and consequently improving organizational performance. Employees' behaviors depend on how satisfied they are with their work. The performance of the organization depends on its employees who are working for the objectives of the organization. Introduction Rationale Improving organizational performance has no single solution because organizational performance is caused by many aspects of human factors. But among the three components of basic psychological need satisfaction, relatedness need is correlated to work engagement of employees. The study found that overall the psychological need satisfaction at work of employees and faculty of Divine Word Colleges was high however, overall there was no correlation between basic psychological need satisfaction at work of employees and their work engagement. Questionnaires were used to gather the data. The population of the study was the 300 employees of the colleges under investigation. Descriptive research methodology was used and Pearson r product moment correlation was used to determine the correlation.

Three basic psychological need satisfactions at work were identified such as autonomy, competence and relatedness need. The study was carried out to determine the psychological need satisfaction at work of employees and its relationship with work engagement. Keywords: satisfaction, job satisfaction, organizational factors, health workers in birthing centers Data for gathering will be treated by statistical formula including Percentage, Assumed Mean-Unit Deviation Method, Standard Deviation and One-way ANOVA. The instrument will be designed using sets of 5-point scale Likert-type survey questionnaires for distribution to 100% health workers in birthing centers. The survey-interview will be used to gather data and information through an instrument covered by formal request letter to the Tacloban City Mayor, Honorable Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez and City Health Officer for government birthing centers, and the Administrator and Owners of private birthing centers, and the health worker-respondents for interview. The data will be provided by Tacloban City Health Office and Department of Health local office. The study will identify the organizational factors and investigate how they do affect the job satisfaction of the health workers by using data sets analysis and empirical enquiry. This study aims to describe the level of job satisfaction of health workers in birthing centers in Tacloban City and find the organizational factors affecting it.

Maslow higher archy of needs