AFFECTIVE JOB SATISFACTION AND EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY OF MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA
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This study examined the relationship between affective job satisfaction and employee productivity of manufacturing firms in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Affective job satisfaction was the independent variable while timeliness, task accomplishment and innovativeness were used as measures of the dependent variable. The study adopted the cross-sectional survey in its investigation of the variables. Primary source of data was generated through self- administered questionnaire. The population of the study was 253 employees of seven (7) selected manufacturing companies in Port Harcourt. The sample size of 155 was determined using the Taro Yamane’s formula for sample size determination. The reliability of the instrument was achieved by the use of the Crombach Alpha coefficient with all the items scoring above 0.70. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Statistics. The tests were carried out at a 95% confidence interval and a 0.05 level of significance. Empirical findings revealed that affective job satisfaction positively and significantly influences employee productivity in manufacturing companies in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The result of the findings further revealed that Affective Job Satisfaction gave rise to timeliness, task accomplishment and innovativeness of manufacturing firms in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The study recommended that manufacturing firms should see increase/prompt payment as a motivation factor that can increase productivity in the organization.
Key Words: Job Satisfaction, Timeliness, Task Accomplishment, Innovation
CITATION: Tamunomiebi, M. D., & Daye, B. (2019). Affective job satisfaction and employee productivity of manufacturing firms in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (4), 1158– 1169
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