IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

IIARD International Journal of Economics and Business Management (IJEBM )

E-ISSN 2489-0065
P-ISSN 2695-186X
VOL. 6 NO. 4 2020

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Demographic Variables as Antecedents of Job Satisfaction among Faculty Members of Cape Coast Technical University

Emmanuel Baffour-Awuah AND Samuel Kwaku Agyei

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Abstract

Demographic variables may have relationship with employee job satisfaction no matter how small the association may be. This was established in this paper that sought to examine the relationship between demographic variables and employee job satisfaction at Cape Coast Technical University in Ghana. The Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire was used as the measuring tool.The simple random sampling technique was used to select the respondents based on the Yamene (1967) criterion. The study revealed that faculty members in the institution are generally satisfied with their job. Generally, the study also revealedno significant differences in job satisfaction scores of faculties. It is recommended that when taking decisions, designing and implementing policies in organizations, demographic variables could be taken into consideration in the interest of employers, employees and the organization as a whole.The results of the study are however, limited to the study organization.

keywords:

Employee age; Employee job satisfaction;Gender of employee; Staff rank; Tenure of service

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