Work Environment and Job Satisfaction of Local Government Employees in Delta State

This study examined the nature of the relationship that exists between work environment and job satisfaction of local government employees in Delta State. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. This study is an ex-post facto research design that adopted the correlational approach. The population of the study comprised 10,617 Local Government Employees in Delta State. The sample comprised 370 Employees of the Local Government Areas in Delta State. The employees were selected from across the 25 Local Government Areas of Delta State through a multi-stage sampling procedure. The instrument that was used to collect data for this study is a questionnaire titled Questionnaire on Work Environment and Job Satisfaction (WEJS). The psychometric properties of the instrument were established and adjudged to be adequate. The research questions were answered with the aid of Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient of determination while Linear and multiple regression statistics were used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that revealed that there is no significant relationship between work environment and job satisfaction of local government employees; that there is no significant moderating impact of sex on the relationship between work environment and job satisfaction of local government employees; that there is no significant moderating impact of level of education on the relationship between work environment and job satisfaction of local government employees. The study recommended amongst others, that the local government councils should implement comprehensive improvement strategies that address both the work environment.