An Examination of Employees’ Working Conditions on Job Satisfaction in the Federal Universities in Southeast Zone of Nigeria

Abstract

This study examines employees’ perception working conditions on their job satisfaction among staff of federal Universities in the Southeast zone of Nigeria. A cross-sectional sample survey was adopted for data collection. The study adopted a mixed method research design. The sample size for the study comprised of one thousand and forty three 1,043 respondents, selected through the Proportionate Stratified Sampling Technique. The structured Questionnaire schedule and In-Depth Interview (IDI) Guide were used to collect data for the study. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 21 was used to process the quantitative data and descriptive statistics including frequency count, and simple percentages were used to analyse the data. Hypotheses stated were tested at 0.05 significant levels using t-test, Mann-Whitney U and multinominal logistic regression statistical tests. In addition, the qualitative data was analysed using content analysis. Findings of the study indicated that employees in the Federal Universities within the study area had fair ratings on perceived working conditions were and job satisfaction among employees. The study therefore recommended the need for the National Universities Commission (NUC) to make university accreditation which is one of quality assurance measures that help to improve the working conditions of employees an annual event within different Universities in Nigeria.