ABSTRACT

The study examined Occupational Welfare Program as Determinant of Job Satisfaction of Employees in Military Educational Institutions in South East, Nigeria. The study employed a correlational research design. The general purpose of the study was to ascertain the extent to which occupational welfare program serve as determinants of job satisfaction of employees in military educational institutions with six specific objectives. Six research questions were posed with the intention of examining the extent to which occupational welfare program serve as determinant of job satisfaction with regards to compensation insurance program, workplace recreation program, employer assisted housing program, workplace living accommodation, work place day care program and career development training program. Six null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance to guide the study. Two structured questionnaires titled Occupational Welfare Program Questionnaire (OWPQ) and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire were the instruments for data collection. Face validity of the instruments were established by three experts to ensure items adequacy, measurability and relevance of the instruments to the study. The reliability of the instruments were established using Cronbach Alpha Reliability Coefficient and the overall reliability indices of the instruments, OWPQ and JSQ were 0.83 and 0.86 respectively. The sample size of the study was 781 employees of the 10 military educational institutions in South East Nigeria. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to answer the research questions while Linear Regression Analysis was used to test the hypothesis at p < 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed among others that workers compensation insurance, employers assisted housing, workplace day care program significantly, to a positive high extent relate to job satisfaction of employees in military educational institutions. The research recommended among others, that Nigerian government through her agencies should establish different workers compensation insurance program, in order to improve job satisfaction of workers’ generally and employees of military educational institutions. Secondly workers, union, employers of labor as well as other relevant agencies should endeavor to establish workplace recreation program for workers, their members and staff respectively in order to improve their job productivity and satisfaction.