PAY SATISFACTION, JOB SATISFACTION AND GENDER AS CORRELATES OF TURNOVER INTENTION AMONG FEDERAL CIVIL SERVANTS IN AWKA METROPOLIS OF ANAMBRA STATE, SOUTH-EAST, NIGERIA

Leonard Nnaemeka Ezeh (Ph.D), Kehinde Olawale

Abstract


This study investigated the relationship between job satisfaction, pay satisfaction, gender and turnover intention among Federal Civil Servants working in Awka metropolis, Anambra State, Nigeria. Three hundred and seventy seven (377) participants comprised of 176 males and 206 females, whose ages ranged from 23 to 56 years, with the mean age of 39.5 years and standard deviation of 2.49, were drawn from five Federal Ministries in Awka, Anambra State. Three instruments were adopted for data collection: 20-item Minnesota satisfaction questionnaire (MSQ) developed by Weiss, Dawis, England and Lloyd (1967), 8-item Turnover Intention Scale (TIS) developed by Shore and Martin (1989) and 18-item Pay satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ) developed by Liu, Tang and Zhu (2014). Pearsons correlation and Independent sample t-test were adopted to analyze the data. Results revealed that pay satisfaction had no significant relationship with turnover intention. It was also found that job dissatisfaction had no significant correlation with turnover intention. Also, result showed that there was significant difference between males and females on turnover intention. This indicates that women are more likely to leave their present job than men. The implications of the study were discussed and suggestions for further studies were also made.

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