Analysis of Workplace Motivational Variables and Vocational Education Lecturers’ Job Satisfaction in Government Universities in Abia State, Nigeria

Michael Onwumere, Lilian O. Nwandu, Timothy O. Olinya

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The paper centred on workplace motivational variables and Vocational education lecturers’ job satisfaction in government Universities. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. Correlational design guided the study. The target population consisted of 169 Vocational education lecturers drafted from the 2 Public Universities in Abia state, Nigeria (i.e. - MOUAU and ABSU), while there was no sampling carried out because of the manageable number of the population; hence the whole population was used as the sample; the data was gathered with two validated instruments titled “Workplace Motivational Variables Questionnaire” (WPMVQ) and Vocational Technical Education Lecturers’ Job Satisfaction Questionnaire”(VTELJSQ) with reliability coefficient of 0.95 and 0.85 for WPMVQ and VTELJSQ respectively using Cronbach alpha. Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at a p-value of 0.05 and r- value to answer the research questions. The findings reveal that workplace motivational variables of remuneration, promotional opportunities and job security correlate positively to agricultural education lecturers’ job satisfaction in government Universities. From the findings, we recommend prompt payment of salaries and other remunerations commensurate with global practices as motivational strategies to Vocational education lecturers.


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