Did the 2017 wage increase improve job satisfaction of academic staff? A case study of the university of Nigeria, Nsukka

A. Abubakar, B. Umoh
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Many employees are merely holding on to their current jobs for lack of alternatives. Such staff members are no longer deriving satisfaction from their current jobs. Lack of satisfaction impinges on workers productivity and attitude to work generally. Some employers strive to engender satisfaction among its employees through improvements in the working environment, staff training and retraining, provision of more working tools and financial incentives including salary reviews. The University system in Nigeria has witnessed mass exodus of staff and general discontent as manifested in strikes, work to rule and other labour antics. To contain this challenge the Federal Government of Nigeria offered wage increases to all publicly owned University workers. This study investigated the effects of the 2017 wage increases on job satisfaction of academic staff in University of Nigeria Nsukka. 75 respondents were purposively selected for the study. Data were collected with the aid of questionnaire as well as an interview schedule. Table summaries, frequency counts and percentages were used to analyse the data. Findings show that the 2017 wage increases had some positive relationship with job satisfaction among the academic staff. While wage increases was a factor in academic staff satisfaction with their jobs, it was also found that in spite of wage increases, the academic staff were desirous of decent and improved work environment, infrastructure, training and retraining, workload and independence of the system. To improve job satisfaction among academic staff, a holistic motivational approach need be adopted. Keywords: Academic staff, employee, Job-satisfaction, job description, wage increase, work status, work environment, Nigerian universities and motivation
2017年的加薪是否提高了教职员的工作满意度?以尼日利亚恩苏卡大学为例
许多员工只是因为没有其他选择而坚持目前的工作。这些工作人员不再从目前的工作中得到满足。一般来说,缺乏满足感会影响员工的工作效率和工作态度。有些雇主会透过改善工作环境、培训及再培训员工、提供更多工作工具,以及提供包括薪酬检讨在内的财政奖励,以提高员工的满意度。尼日利亚的大学系统目睹了大量的员工外流和普遍的不满,表现在罢工、争取统治和其他劳工滑稽行为上。为了遏制这一挑战,尼日利亚联邦政府向所有公立大学的工人提出加薪。本研究调查了2017年工资增长对尼日利亚恩苏卡大学学术人员工作满意度的影响,有目的地选择了75名受访者进行研究。通过问卷调查和访谈时间表来收集数据。使用表摘要、频率计数和百分比来分析数据。研究发现,2017年高校教职工工资涨幅与工作满意度存在一定正相关关系。虽然工资增长是学术人员对其工作满意度的一个因素,但研究还发现,尽管工资增长,学术人员仍渴望体面和改善的工作环境、基础设施、培训和再培训、工作量和系统的独立性。为了提高教职员的工作满意度,需要采用一种整体的激励方法。关键词:学术人员,员工,工作满意度,工作描述,加薪,工作状态,工作环境,尼日利亚大学,动机
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