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Assessment of Employees Job Satisfaction on the Performances in the Public Sector of Ghana


 

The focus of this study was to determine the levels of employees job satisfaction on the  Performances in the Public Sector of Ghana by components of the job satisfaction construct (attitudinal, social related and psychological) and then examined the extent to which these components influenced the employees job performances in the Public Sector of Ghana. A sample size of four hundred (400) respondents was chosen from selected Ministries, Departments and Agencies to present a reasonable coverage of the public sector. The research approach adopted for this study was quantitative method. Data sources used in carrying out the research were obtained from primary sources. Self-Administered questionnaires were used to collect data from the respondents. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used (Stratified and simple random sampling).The data were analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis and Structural equation model (the SPSS version 21).The finding  showed  that the level of employees’ attitudinal job satisfaction, social related job satisfaction, and psychological job satisfaction were low as exhibited by the low mean scale. The overall level of employees’ job satisfaction has significant positive effect on employees’ performance in the Ghanaian public sector using Structural equation model.


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The focus of this study was to determine the levels of employees job satisfaction on the  Performances in the Public Sector of Ghana by components of the job satisfaction construct (attitudinal, social related and psychological) and then examined the extent to which these components influenced the employees job performances in the Public Sector of Ghana. A sample size of four hundred (400) respondents was chosen from selected Ministries, Departments and Agencies to present a reasonable coverage of the public sector. The research approach adopted for this study was quantitative method. Data sources used in carrying out the research were obtained from primary sources. Self-Administered questionnaires were used to collect data from the respondents. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used (Stratified and simple random sampling).The data were analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis and Structural equation model (the SPSS version 21).The finding  showed  that the level of employees’ attitudinal job satisfaction, social related job satisfaction, and psychological job satisfaction were low as exhibited by the low mean scale. The overall level of employees’ job satisfaction has significant positive effect on employees’ performance in the Ghanaian public sector using Structural equation model.




DOI: https://doi.org/10.24940/theijhss%2F2019%2Fv7%2Fi4%2FHS1904-012