ABSTRACT
The study tends to examine the impact of job satisfaction and workers performance in the health sector (A case study of Edo State Specialist Hospital, Benin City). The objectives of the study wereto access the level of job satisfaction among health workers in Edo State Specialist Hospital, Benin City, to identify if there exist policies that promotes job satisfaction for effective workers performance at Edo State Specialist Hospital, Benin City, to access the factors hindering job satisfaction among health workers in Edo State Specialist Hospital, Benin City and to identify possible ways of solving the problems of job satisfaction and how health workers can be motivated towards effective productivity at Edo State Specialist Hospital, Benin City. The study adopted survey research design. The population of study of this research is made up of the entire staff of Edo State Specialist Hospital, Benin City. The sample size of this study is 175 respondents drawn from Edo State Specialist Hospital, Benin City The instrument used for the collection of data was the questionnaire which was administered to the study sampled respondents. Out of the 175 questionnaires distributed, 147 copies were retrieved. The data collected was analyzed using simple percentage and Spearman’s correlation analytical method to test the hypotheses generated for the study. The study discovered amongst others that, job satisfaction is optimum for high productivity. Also, prompt and increase in salary affect the productivity of workers positively. Moreso, the study reveals that, shortage of hospital equipment is one of the factors that hinders job satisfaction at Edo State Specialist Hospital, Benin City. The study further discovered in its findings amongst others that, there exists a significant relationship between job satisfaction and workers performance at Edo State Specialist Hospital, Benin City. Furthermore, policy recommendations were adopted which include amongst others that, management of Edo State Specialist Hospital, Benin City should design a well-articulated organization reward culture strategy. This should be actualized by identifying employees’ basic requirement, needs and preferences in developing their reward systems.
