Job Satisfaction Among Construction Workers On Knust Infrastructural Projects

Abstract

This study investigated three areas of job satisfaction among construction workers using employees of contractors working on Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) infrastructural projects as respondents. First, the study
examined the overall job satisfaction level using the short form of the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire (MSQ). Second, the researchers determined intrinsic and extrinsic satisfactions of the construction workers. Lastly, the study investigated the influence
of demographic variables, i.e. age, educational level, and marital status on the three dimensions of job satisfaction. The results indicated that construction workers on the KNUST infrastructural projects were neither satisfied nor dissatisfied when all aspects
of the job were considered. The same neutral result was obtained when their intrinsic satisfaction was assessed. However, the results indicated a slight positive feeling when the extrinsic satisfaction of the workers was investigated. There was no significant
relationship between the three dimensions of job satisfaction and the selected independent variables - age, educational level, and marital status.

Keywords: Overall job satisfaction, intrinsic job satisfaction, construction workers

Journal of the Ghana Institution of Engineers Vol. 5 (1&2) 2007: pp. 31-38