THE MODERATING EFFECT OF MOTIVATION IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND JOB SATISFACTION OF BUSINESS EDUCATION LECTURERS
Keywords:
Business Education Lecturers, Colleges of Education, Job Satisfaction, Moderator Motivation, North-Eastern Nigeria, Working Environment.Abstract
The study the moderating effect of motivation in the relationship between working environment and job satisfaction of business education lecturers. A correctional survey research design was used to accomplish the goal of the study. The population for the study was 189 and the entire population was used for the study. 5-points Likert type scale structured questionnaire was used for data collection. The overall reliability coefficient were greater than 0.70. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 25.0 was employed for the data analysis. Pearson’s Product Movement Correlation Coefficient was used to test research hypotheses 1-4 and Hierarchical regression was used to test research hypotheses 5-8. The analyses revealed that working environment (for example, physical working environment, institutional working environment, interpersonal working environment and conditional working environment) significantly associated with job satisfaction of Business Education lecturers in Colleges of Education in North-East, Nigeria. The analyses also revealed that motivation significantly moderated the relationship between working environment (for example, physical working environment, institutional working environment, interpersonal working environment and conditional working environment) and job satisfaction of business education lecturers in Colleges of Education in North-East, Nigeria. The study recommended, among others, that working environment of Business Education Lecturers in Colleges of Education should be improved by caring for their psychosocial workplace factors, work-life balance, and workplace behaviours among others in North-Eastern Nigeria.
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