- Author(s): Olumuyiwa A. AKANDE and Olabode L. OMOTAYO
- International Journal of Community Education and Development, Volume 1 No. 1 January 2021
This study examined the job satisfaction of employees in the private tourism sector in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 247 respondents (46 event management employees, 41 restaurants employees, 41 attraction employees and 119 hotel employees) for the study. Primary data were obtained on respondents‟ personal characteristics and job satisfaction through the use of a structured questionnaire. Frequency counts, percentages, means, standard deviation, and Linear Regression were used for data analyses. Results show that 62.3% of the respondents are ≤ 30 years old, 76.1% have ≤ 5 years work-experience, 53% are male, 66.4% are not married 76.9% are on full time employment, while those in intermediate cadre are in the majority representing 43.3%. The employees have a high level of job satisfaction ( ̅ 4.02). The Linear Regression shows that employees job satisfaction (β = 0.395) significantly influenced job performance in their respective organisations. The job satisfaction of employees needs to be improved upon in terms of job complexity and growth, salary and workload.