Person-Job Fit and Emotional Labour as Predictors of Satisfaction with Life Among Nurses in University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, Oyo State Nigeria

Studies on satisfaction with life among nurses in Nigeria have been directed on risk factors with few focusing on psychological variables. This study examined the influence of emotional labour and person job fit on satisfaction among nurses in University College Hospital, Ibadan. The theory of Set-Point and Bottom up served as framework for the study. Adopting a survey design, 209 participants were randomly selected for the study. Their mean age was 37.8 (SD= 9.1). Data was collected using 42- items structured questionnaire with three scales: demographic variables, emotional labour scale (0.81), Person Job Fit Scale (0.77), and Satisfaction with life scale (0.78). Hypotheses were tested using t-test, multiple regressions. The result shows that person-job -fit had significant influence on satisfaction with life among nurses t (207) = 10.789, P< .05). There is significant gender difference in the level of satisfaction with life among the participants t (207) = -.272; p > .05). Age, educational qualifications and marital status had no significant joint influence on satisfaction with life among nurses {R=.153, R=.023, F (3,205) =1.633}, p > .05). In conclusion, emotional labour and person job- fit had significant influence on satisfaction with life. The management of university college hospital should give due consideration to the present finding in the management of life satisfaction constructs/issues raised in this study