Job Satisfaction, Social Behaviour and Workers Attitude in the Universities in South East of Nigeria

Abstract

The study sought to determine the influence of job satisfaction on university employees’ social behaviour and their work attitudes in carrying out their duties. The study was carried out in all the federal universities in South-East of Nigeria. The population of the study was 400 senior academic staff of the universities. Expost facto design was adopted for the study. Three research questions guided the study. A 44-item questionnaire, structured on a four-point rating scale was used for data collection. The questionnaire was face validated by three experts. A reliability coefficient of 0.75 was obtained through Cronbach Alpha reliability technique to ascertain the internal consistency of the items of the questionnaire. The data collected from respondents were analysed and interpreted to answer the research questions using mean. It was found that salary, job security, fringe benefit, participation in decision-making, by employees, among others; in the universities were the sources of job satisfaction of workers. The employees were also found to be having cordial social relationship with colleagues, students and visitors. No difference in the source of job satisfaction and social behaviour of employees based on occupational status was found. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the employees should always be motivated by the employers to fulfill their psychological, social and philosophical needs to achieve job satisfaction and high productivity for national economic transformation in Nigeria.

Keywords: Attitudes, Social behaviours and Job Satisfaction