WORK ENVIRONMENT AND ORIENTATION OF MALE AND FEMALE ACADEMIC STAFF AS CORRELATES OF THEIR JOB SATISFACTION IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH EAST, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated work environment and orientation of male and female academic staff as correlates of their job satisfaction in Colleges of Education in South East, Nigeria. The study was guided by four research questions and four hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlation research design was employed for the study. The population of this study comprises all the 2,819 academic staff in all the colleges of education in South East, Nigeria. The sample size for this study consisted of 800 academic staff of Colleges of Education drawn using proportionate stratified sampling technique. Three sets of instruments titled ‘‘Questionnaire on Work Environment (QWE); “Questionnaire on Work Orientation (QWO)” and “Minnesota Questionnaire on Job Satisfaction (QJS)were used for data collection. The instruments were duly validated by three experts in Faculty of Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.  The instruments were subjected to test of internal consistency using Cronbach alpha which yielded reliability coefficients of 0.91 and 0.88 for QWE and QWO respectively. Data analysis was done using Pearson Product Moment Correlation to answer the research questions and t-test of correlation to test hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed among others that there is very high positive relationship existing between male and female academic staff work environment and their job satisfaction in colleges of education in South East, Nigeria. It was also found out that there is a significant correlation between male and female academic staff orientation and their job satisfaction in colleges of education in South East, Nigeria. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that management of academic staff in Colleges of Education in South East, Nigeria should ensure equal treatment of male and female academic staff to close the gender gap in their job satisfaction.