Promotion, Job Tenure and Salary: Tonic of Job Satisfaction of Business Educators in Tertiary Institutions in Edo State

Abstract

The study assessed job satisfaction of business educators in tertiary institutions in Edo State. Three research questions were raised. Two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a survey research design. A population of 65 business educators was used for the study. There was no sampling as the entire population was used for the study. The instrument was validated by three experts. Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the reliability of the instrument and this yielded 0.98. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation were used to answer all the research questions. All the null hypotheses were tested using t-test statistics at 0.05 level of significance. The results revealed that business educators, male and female, old and young, married and single, inexperienced and experienced were fairly satisfied with promotion prospects, job tenure and the salaries that they earned. There was a significant difference between male and female business educators in their levels of job satisfaction. There was no significant difference between married and single business educators in their levels of job satisfaction. Based on these findings, it was recommended that business educators’ job satisfaction in tertiary institutions in Edo State could be enhanced by management and councils of various tertiary institutions if adequate attention is paid to their welfare in terms of regular promotion, enhanced remunerations and guaranteed job security.