An Investigation into Job Satisfaction among Senior Staff of the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to find out the level of job satisfaction among senior staff of the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana. The research design was a descriptive survey and stratified random sampling was used to select a sample of 155 respondents.  Questionnaire was used as data collection instrument. Results of the study showed that majority of the staff of the university generally perceived that job satisfaction and adequate rewards lead to high productivity and that the nature of job,   accomplishment of a given task and the supervision style of head of department   were the most serious determining factors of senior staff level of job dissatisfaction in the university. It also revealed that improvement in salary and conditions of service would promote high level of job satisfaction among senior staff.  From the findings, it was recommended that the management of the university should critically look at conditions of service of senior staff by instituting attractive packages to increase their level of job satisfaction.