COMPREHENSIVE STAFF HEALTH AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE PROGRAMMES AS CORRELATE OF JOB SATISFACTION AMONG BUSINESS EDUCATORS IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN SOUTH-EAST, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study was motivated by the need to ensure the job satisfaction of business educators at tertiary institutions. The study ascertained comprehensive staff health and work-life balance programmes as correlate of business educators’ job satisfaction in tertiary institutions in South East, Nigeria. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted correlational research design, and 262 business educators in public tertiary institutions in South East, Nigeria that offer business education programme were studied without sampling. Two instruments namely; Comprehensive Staff Health and Work-Life Balance Programme Questionnaire (CSHWBPQ), Business Educators’ Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (BEJSQ) with 20 items and 15 items, and structured in four point rating scales were used for data collection.  Face   and content validity of the instrument were established by three experts in the Vocational Education and Educational Foundations of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University. Pilot-testing was used to establish the reliability of the instruments and data collected were analyzed using Cronbach Alpha method and Coefficient values of 0.78 and 0.72, were obtained for clusters B₁ to B2 with an overall reliability value of 0.75 for CSHWBPQ, while Coefficient value of 0.82 was obtained for BEJSQ. The researchers and six research assistants were involved in administering copies of the questionnaires to the respondents. Pearson product moment correlation and simple regression analysis were used to carry out the data analysis. Findings of the study disclosed that there were moderate positive and significant relationships between comprehensive staff health, work-life balance programmes and business educators’ job satisfaction. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher concluded that the implementation of effective aspects of comprehensive staff health and work-life balance programmes covered in this study can enhancing job satisfaction of business educators in tertiary institutions. It was recommended that management of tertiary institutions in Nigeria should encourage comprehensive health practices by ensuring that all business educators have full health insurance. Also, the management should offer mental health support services for stress management. This will help to enhance business educators’ job satisfaction in Nigerian tertiary institutions.